Re: Setting the Clock


Subject: Re: Setting the Clock
From: Tom (thogland@alaskatech.org)
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 17:54:22 AKST


On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Dan Zachary at KRSA wrote:
> Using SAMBA
>
> In Windows and other MSLan software, you can set the local clock by typing
> net time \\servername /set /yes.
>
> Is there a similar command for linux so that you can set the local clock to
> that of another machine on the network?

I use 'rdate -s <timeserver>' to set it, then 'hwclock --systohc' to sync
the clocks. Closest timeserver that I can connect to seems to be
ntp.alaska.edu (time,nist.gov is offline, apparently).



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