Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Shaya Potter wrote: Whenever I try to do a netdate to any site, I get a connection refused error, I done both tcp and udp. Could it be because I am behind a firewall? Very possibly. The reason your system clock gains/looses time (one or the other, not both) is that

Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-21 Thread Michael Meskes
Shaya Potter writes: I just noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct time. I tried running xntp to correct it, but it wouldn't work (does it work behind firewalls?) Does anyone know of an efficient way to make my linux box keep correct time? If you don't want to go

Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-21 Thread Christopher R. Hertel
: On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Shaya Potter wrote: Subject: Re: Not keeping correct time : : I just noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct : time. I tried running xntp to correct it, but it wouldn't work (does : it work behind firewalls?) Does anyone know of an efficient way

Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-21 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hi, I have these two lines in a script that cron runs nightly for root netdate tcp hostname_of_a_timeserver clock -u -w clock is inteligent enough to correct systematic errors. The options for this are controled in /etc/adjtime. The clock is adjusted everytime you boot.

Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-21 Thread Vebjorn Forsmo
Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Whenever I try to do a netdate to any site, I get a connection refused error, I done both tcp and udp. Could it be because I am behind a firewall? Don't know if this will help, but the xntp-docs says the following about ntpdate: -u Direct

Not keeping correct time

1996-08-20 Thread Shaya Potter
I just noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct time. I tried running xntp to correct it, but it wouldn't work (does it work behind firewalls?) Does anyone know of an efficient way to make my linux box keep correct time? Thanks Shaya -- Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-20 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Shaya Potter writes: Shaya I just noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct Shaya time. File that under advantages of being IBM PC compatible :-) Shaya Does anyone know of an efficient way to make my linux box keep Shaya correct time? I have these two lines in a

Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Shaya Potter wrote: I just noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct time. I tried running xntp to correct it, but it wouldn't work (does it work behind firewalls?) Does anyone know of an efficient way to make my linux box keep correct time

Re: Not keeping correct time

1996-08-20 Thread Shaya Potter
noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct time. I tried running xntp to correct it, but it wouldn't work (does it work behind firewalls?) Does anyone know of an efficient way to make my linux box keep correct time? This is the script I use to keep my clock on time