[lug] Network time

[John Karns]

I'm interested in a *simple* method (if there is such a class in the world
of *nix) to set the clock of a dial-up machine via the net.  The method
proposed here in a recent thread ("ntpdate time-nw.nist.gov") would do
fine for this part.

Then I would like to propagate this time to various other Linux boxes on a
*small* net.  I don't need all the complexity of ntp, which seems to be
about as involved as setting up DNS (lord help us!).  I really don't care
if my clocks are set to the precision of a cesium clock, and it's not a
big deal if there is are a few seconds difference between various
machines.

Is there a way of doing this without setting up an ntp server on my local
net?

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John Karns                                              jkarns at csd.net
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