Help with date and redhat 9

[Sina Bahram]

Thanks for your response.

The only one of those I have is rdate. I'm going to go see if I can
figure out how to pass a server or multiple servers to it. and then
figure out how to add it to the chron like Alex was talking about.

Take care,
Sina

No trees were destroyed in sending this message. However, a large number
of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Adam Myrow
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 5:20 PM
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Help with date and redhat 9


You don't use date to set the time from a time server.  The date command
is only for manually setting the date.  There are several ways to set
the time from a remote server.  Some commands include netdate, rdate,
and ntpdate.  If you have it, ntpdate is the most accurate.  You can
pass it multiple servers, and it will pick the best one.  If you are
really into time, you could have ntpd running all the time to actually
adjust the speed of the clock within Linux so that it stays within a few
MS of the correct time.  For a good list of time servers, go to
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html and find several near
you with open access.  Then, assuming you have ntpdate available, you
could try "ntpdate server."  For example, "ntpdate time.nist.gov
time-b.nist.gov" would ask ntpdate to get the time from two of the NIST
servers and pick the one it thinks is the most accurate and set your
clock to it.  Hope this helps.


_______________________________________________
Speakup mailing list
Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup