[lug] ntp?

[Nate Duehr]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 04:20:32PM -0700, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> Note that the ntpd won't sync your time if your system clock is too
> far off (like happens after a timezone switch).  Make sure to periodicly
> run "setclock -w" or the appropriate "clock" command from cron (daily/weekly)
> to update the BIOS clock and/or run "ntpdate" to sync the clock on startup
> BEFORE running "ntpd".

And after running ntpdate, either from scripts or manually, remember to
push that correct time you now have in your system clock down into the
CMOS clock with 'hwclock --systohc'.

Or the next time you boot you'll have to do it all over again...
(GRIN).

-- 
Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>

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