[expert] ntp info - Thanks

[ken crist]

Thanks for your assistance.  I have several options now.  I installed
rdate and found that I already had hwclock on the computer.

For Ron Stodden:
When I run ntpdate  , it returns the time but says "the NTP socket
in use, exiting" and does not update the computer clock.

For Gary Bunker:
I discovered I have the xntp package on the Mandrake CD and am going to
uninstall the ntp package, install xntp and give it a test drive.  Most
of the files appear to be the same.  I believe I have the permissions
correct.  ntp is running as root.

For Civileme:
I will add the lines you suggested to rc.local for boot up and am going
to swap ntp for xntp just to see if it functions.  I may just run the
rc.local file now and then the way you do to keep the time right.  I
don't restart the computer very often.  I am only interested in the
clock being pretty good - doesn't have to be perfect.

For Matt Stedman:
Your suggestion (and Civileme's) work great.  In one way or another I
will be using this approach.  I'm going to set up the cron job for the
fun of it.

For Russ Johnson:
My clock was off about 8 minutes when I started trying to adjust it with
LinuxConfig.  I got to within 10 or so seconds after messing around with
it for a while and decided that there must be some better way to get it
set properly.

Again, thanks to all for your helpful responses.

Ken

[expert] ntp

[ken crist]

Is anyone out there using ntp on a Linux Mandrake Pentium computer?

I installed ntp, added servers to the ntp.conf file and started the
daemon. However, it doesn't appear to be adjusting the computer's
clock.  When I use the ntptimeset tool, it tells me how far off the
clock is but does not reset it.  Any insight to properly configuring ntp
would be appreciated.

Perhaps someone knows of a tool other than ntp for setting the clock
similar to those that are available for windows.  I wanted to be able to
do the same thing in Linux.

Thanks,
Ken