[NTLUG:Discuss] timed Help

[Greg E]

MadHat wrote:
> How many machines?  There are public time servers you can connect to get
> your time set.
> ntpd is the daemon that handles this, I know it is on RH6, but I don't
> have a 5.2 system in front of me.  (There is also an RPM you can grab,
> 

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> 
> The URL to look at would be...
> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/
> 
> I have set it up before.  It isn't too hard.  It does drifting rather
> than just changing the time, so it won't make log files and such look
> really wierd by loosing time into a void. (like time skipping 10
> minutes, it will gradually speed up or slow down your clock to get it
> back to the correct time).
> 
> sorry I don't have more info.
> 
> --
> MadHa
> 


I currently have 2 Linux machines and 1 Win9x on a intranet.  I won't
have external access for another week or so.  My primary concern is
internal so timed seemed the better choice (currently only) when I
looked at both ntpd and timed.  And yes ntpd is included with 5.2.

Setting timed up was a snap but I didn't realize that adjtime wasn't on
the system.  According to all the docs adjtime is what is used to do the
clock adjustments unless I'm reading things wrong.  I have a "/etc/adjtime"
data file and I can find a adjtimex program file so I'm wondering if the
adjtimex is the same as adjtime?

Maybe the easiest choice is to live with the PIA until I get external
and go to ntpd?  Does ntpd have any problems comming out from behind a
very restrictive firewall?

Greg E