ntp isn't a cron job--it's a full-time daemon (pun intended :P). Your UP uses maverick.mcc.ac.uk, but it's upper stratum is a .ch addy, so I dunno what to say to that. Just play with ntptrace until you get a full-UK trace to a stratum 1 is my advice.
On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a command I can put in cron to have the time set by a ntp server > that is appropriate for the UK? > > Patrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jens Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 11:18 AM > Subject: Re: GMT ntp servers > > > > Chris Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Does anyone know the ip's of some ntp servers that are on gmt? I'm > trying to > > > get my computer time correctly set to gmt so it will display the correct > time. > > > > Have a look at the documentation in the xntp3 package. There is a link > > buried somewhere on a list of ntp3 servers in the world. > > > > Jens > > > > P.S.: Please vote against Spam! At > > http://www.politik-digital.de/spam/ > > (Sorry Europeans only) > > --- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter > > Key fingerprint: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. Who is John galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!