Hi:-)
>
> That is where the xntpd server comes into play. This daemon connects to
> reliable time sources on the net, and then assuming that you want it to do so,
> will update your machine. I am not familiar with SuSE 5.1, but in 5.3 you would
> find it in /sbin/init.d/xntpd.
>
> There are a few confiuration files that you need to set up which will point the
> daemon out to the right machines to sync with. You might want to do a man on
> ntp and ntpdate. One word of warning, if you are syncing via dial-up, you may
> want to make sure that xntpd does not fire-up at boot time. Makes for a long
> wait as you are waiting for it to search out machines that it cannot connect to.
>
I have looked at the manual pages for ntp and ntpdate and for some reason it makes
me feel a little bit on the braindead side:-) A long time ago, I had a dos program
that could be used to dial up to a time server and then it had to be configured to
convert the time it got into a time for the pc. From what I could tell from the man
pages on ntpdate, that conversion is not necessary as long as you connect to the
correct server? That is the part that I am finding a little bit of difficulty,
finding a server that is local CST6CDT to my time zone? I've looked for sample
configuration files, and could not find anything. If I could locate the right
server than I could test to see if my time really needed to be updated, and if it
did, do so. Also, when "logging into a timeserver" is it necessary to provide a uid
and password? I've got diald set up so that demand dialing is available throughout
most of the day, and from about 8:00pm to about 2:30am. I figure that I can use
crontab to initiate a internet hookup durring that time? But, will diald respond to
the nftdate check? (It does respond to the "dig" command for the monthly update of
the root.cache for my nameserver).
>
> I start up xntpd in my /etc/ppp/ip-up.local and stop it when I shutdown my PPP
> connection.
>
Can Xntpd be set up to run a one shot deal say once a week to keep the time current?
Thanx Loads:-)
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Leon McClatchey
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