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Unix Time Sync
Name: Marie Sweatt Date: February 1, 2002 at 08:26:09 Pacific
Comment:
I downloaded a file (ntp-4.1.0.tar.gz) from the NTP website. What do I do next to sync the UNIX time with our NT network?
Name: Beaker Date: February 3, 2002 at 10:40:46 Pacific
Reply:
Did you unzip/untar and install it? There should be a readme/man file with the ntpd utility explaining how to use it. The basic functionality is to a) create a file with some near by time server addresses b) create a crontab (root) that will start the ntp daemon when you connect to the internet. You may need to contact the time server's admin to get permission to poll them and any relevant polling settings that they want you to use.
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