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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to get nptdate to automatically update system time? Date: 23 Jun 1996 22:06:38 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4qkbku$dc@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4q9e4g$pq0@uhura.phoenix.net> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Keith Veseleny (vccubed@phoenix.net) wrote: : I have setup ntpdate="apple.com" in my sysconfig file, however, it : doesn't appear to update the machines time and this bios loses almost : 10 minutes a day. Do I need to perform a cron job or some other task : to get this to work? Does it do the update just once ? If so, 'man xntpd', if not, what does 'ntpdate apple.com' say ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....