Subject: Re: Setting the Clock
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 19:25:23 AKST
Scott Johnson wrote:
>
> ntp.gci.net is another local one
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom" <thogland@alaskatech.org>
> To: "Dan Zachary at KRSA" <linux@krsa.net>
> Cc: "Alaska Linux" <AKLUG@aklug.org>
> Sent: 21 November, 2001 17:54
> Subject: Re: Setting the Clock
>
> >
> > 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).
> >
> >
Hmmm.
# rdate -a ntp.gci.net
rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused
# rdate -p ntp.alaska.edu
Wed Nov 21 19:02:48 2001
-- Greg Madden Precision Air Balance, Inc. email:pabi@gci.net Phone:(907)276-0461 Fax:(907)258-0461
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