You could just run NTP on that box and let it keep the time correct for you! Since your address is a cs.umn.edu address I'll make a guess that you work at the U. The U of M has a couple ntp servers. One at mpls campus is 128.101.101.101, one at st. paul campus is 134.84.84.84. It is good manners to let the admins know you are using their ntpd servers. Download and install the rpms for ntpdate and ntpd. First, run "ntpdate 128.101.101.101" to set the time, then start ntpd to keep the time correct "/etc/init.d/ntpd start" or something similar to that. Nick On Friday 28 June 2002 14:52, Sreekumar Kodakara wrote: > Hi > How do I set date in a linux system. I tried using date command, but its > not persistant after a reboot. I think there is something to do with the > hardware clock present in the system. Can u please tell me how to set it. > Thanks > Sreekumar > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Nick Davis Associate Systems Administrator ndavis at iexposure.com Internet Exposure, Inc. http://www.iexposure.com (612)676-1946 Web Development-Web Marketing-ISP Services