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- From: slester@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Sam Lester)
- Subject: Re: Synchronize time?
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 02:04:26 GMT
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- Angela,
-
- There are several different ways to sincronize the clocks of unix systems.
-
- First, (This is the way I do it)
-
- get rdate off a anonymous ftp site near you. Next ships with rdate.
- On an HP9000/720 rdate compiles and works fine. You can schedule a boot up
- sync time or set a cron job to sync once every hour. For example, our
- machines have a cron job that says
- 01 * * * * /usr/local/bin/rdate timeserver >>/dev/null
- ^Timeserver is an alias that points to
- our master time server, set
- S its clock and the rest will
- soon follow.
- Second,
-
- Get xntp from anonymous ftp. This will syncronize clocks very well. I
- think even down to 100ths of seconds. Setup is a little more difficult than
- rdate. However, xntp allows to sync with the internet, and adjusts time
- slowly so there are no gaps in time.
-
- Third,
- Get ntp from anonymous ftp. See Howard Stateman note.
- Sam
- slester@vetmed.wsu.edu
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