Never mind - I need to use the -s argument apparently [to ntpdate]. ntpdate -s time.nist.gov Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy at veldy.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:23670] keeping time correct > I have yet to find a nice piece of documentation to get these to work. > Everytime I try I get information from a server, I get some sort of error - > usually telling me that the server does not support NTP. > > I have visited many websites - and it appears to me that you need to > register with a server before they will let you download time data. > > Tom Veldhouse > veldy at veldy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <andy at theasis.com> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:46 AM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:23670] keeping time correct > > > > > Does anybody have advice for keeping the time correct on a Redhat 6.2 > > > server? Besides going in manually and correcting it once a week like > I've > > > been doing that is. > > > > ntpdate or xntp3 > > > > > And speaking of which - does anyone know why Linux boxes seem to keep > such > > > bad time? I had one machine here that I hadn't looked at for awhile...I > > > went in and checked the time on it and it was 2 years off! This is an > > > extreme example but my servers seem to invariable lose or gain about an > > > hour a week which can mess with cron jobs. > > > > The OS only reads the time from the hardware clock. > > There's a very nice explanation in the docs for the above programs. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Brady > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > >