[NTLUG:Discuss] Setting time?

[Chris Cox]

Bobby Sanders wrote:

> --On Thu, 9 May 2002 08:45:32 -0500, "Daniel Hauck" <xdesign at hotmail.com> said:
> 
>   DH> Okay, could someone provide me with a simple script for a cron
>   DH> job that I can use to periodically update the clock on my system
>   DH> with?
> 
> I use 
> 
> ntpdate 132.163.4.101
> 
> There are other servers.  Besure to check at the documentation (mine
> is at /usr/doc/xntp3-5.93/ntpdate.html) and the documentation at the
> server site.  


Related... you might want to run an ntp server instead of just doing
a periodic cron update.  Use ntpd or xntpd (depending upon the age
of the SW you are using).


For small (home) sites, look at hitting a Stratum 3 or "higher"
server.  Larger sites can hit the public Stratum 1 servers out there.
(actually you can hit the Stratum 1's if you want... but try to
be nice)

Look in /usr/share/doc/packages/xntp/* on SuSE distribs.