Re: [newbie] Time Synch -- alternate to rdate?

2002-10-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Thanks, Tom. I got that package (as source) somewhere on the net, and successfully compiled and installed it. Not the first time, maybe the third compile, but Linux is starting to make sense. -- Oops shouldn't have said that -- that's usually a hint for the gods to show me something else I

Re: [newbie] Time Synch -- alternate to rdate?

2002-10-11 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday October 10 2002 09:28 pm, Randy Kramer wrote: > Under Mandrake 7.2 I used rdate to synchronize my local clock to an > accurate clock over the network, as follows: > > rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu && hwclock --systohc > > rdate is apparently not installed by default in Mandrake 9.0, and

Re: [newbie] Time Synch -- alternate to rdate?

2002-10-11 Thread Randy Kramer
Thanks derek, Sridhar, and Sevatio! Looks like ntpdate is not installed by default either (and the daemon is not running) so I'll need to install either ntpdate or rdate off the CDs. Should be no problem -- I've installed stuff before -- BTW: * My installation of Mandrake 9.0 went great (

Re: [newbie] Time Synch -- alternate to rdate?

2002-10-11 Thread Derek Jennings
Tip: Check the ntpd daemon is NOT running or else an ntpdate command will not work. derek On Friday 11 Oct 2002 4:02 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > I use ntpdate, which I think is in the ntp or xntp package (I can't check > right now). The command I use is: > > # ntpdate -b -s time.esec.com

Re: [newbie] Time Synch -- alternate to rdate?

2002-10-10 Thread Sevatio
Randy Kramer wrote: > Under Mandrake 7.2 I used rdate to synchronize my local clock to an > accurate clock over the network, as follows: > > rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu && hwclock --systohc > > rdate is apparently not installed by default in Mandrake 9.0, and > apropos doesn't list any comman

Re: [newbie] Time Synch -- alternate to rdate?

2002-10-10 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
I use ntpdate, which I think is in the ntp or xntp package (I can't check right now). The command I use is: # ntpdate -b -s time.esec.com.au && hwclock --systohc On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 22:28:44 -0400, Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under Mandrake 7.2 I used rdate to synchronize my loca

[newbie] Time Synch -- alternate to rdate?

2002-10-10 Thread Randy Kramer
Under Mandrake 7.2 I used rdate to synchronize my local clock to an accurate clock over the network, as follows: rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu && hwclock --systohc rdate is apparently not installed by default in Mandrake 9.0, and apropos doesn't list any commands for time synching -- any sugges