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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!netcom.com!stanb From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Subject: Re: Synchronizing my FreeBSD machine to clock servers. Message-ID: <stanbE1xwz8.8vD@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) References: <stanbE1tEtC.1EE@netcom.com> <582jll$3ov@anorak.coverform.lan> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 12:21:07 GMT Lines: 30 Sender: stanb@netcom4.netcom.com brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) writes: >In article <stanbE1tEtC.1EE@netcom.com>, > stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) writes: >: How is the best way to do this? >: >: In Debain Linux there is a utilty /usr/sbin/netdate. I takes one or >: more servers as arguments, determines what the "Best" time is and sets >: the system kernel time. >: >: If there is sonething like this already done, I would like to know >: about it. If not I will take a crak at poritng this to FreeBSD. >: >: As always, if there is a betterway to do this I would like to here aout >: it. >You could try ntpdate - it queries one or more xntpd servers (taking their >names as arguments) or you could try timed (a lot easier to configure >if you just want to sync several of your own machines). Both have man >pages and can be started via variables in /etc/sysconfig. I wound up using tpdate, by puting it in mny crotab entries. I am told t automaticly updates the CMOS clock. Worsk great. -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.