[buug] NTP Time Setting
Dave Barry
dave at mikamyla.com
Wed Oct 2 13:28:53 PDT 2002
Quothe Joseph Zitt <jzitt at josephzitt.com>, on Wed, Oct 02, 2002:
> I'm trying to figure out how to set my system clock by a remote system,
> but the more that I read, the less I understand. Could someone suggest
> a one-liner command (or something similarly simple) by which I could
> set my clock from an appropriate host?
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment.
The deprecated way of doing this is:
$ ntpdate <server-name>
I use:
$ ntpdate tick.mit.edu
but check out a list of public ntp servers at
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm
I believe the official way of doing things is to run ntpd locally,
and have it adjust the clock gradually, rather than in one foul swoop via
ntpdate.
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Dave Barry
Disgruntled Windows Monkey http://psax.org/~dave
Happy Linux User! dave at mikamyla.com
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