On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Andreas wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 25. September 2003 18:24 schrieb Christiaan Welvaart:
> > On Thu, 1 Jan 1970, Andreas wrote:
> > > > > How can I synchronize my clock over network with timeserver?
> > > >
> > > > Install ntp package. Refer to:
> > > > http://www.ntp.org/
> > > > for configuration instructions.
> > >
> > > I'm working on an iBook and use it mostly as my desktop PC. So I removed
> > > my battery.
> > >
> > > Now for me is every day the 1.1.1970. Just like the movie "Groundhog
> > > Day".
> >
> > The ntpd will not run with such a big time difference. Use ntpdate for
> > that. I think the ntpd start up script will run it for you if you put an
> > ntp server in the file /etc/ntp/step-tickers .
>
> How, in the same way I done this in ntp.conf?
> The file has an abnormal file-format, "PCX" ?
just the name of one server, no format at all, like:
ntp.example.com
You could try running ntpdate manually, that should give you an idea. It
basically takes the name of 1 server as argument:
ntpdate ntp.example.com
Christiaan
