NTP is the Network Time Protocol. Most ntp implementations come with a daemon you run on your computer which keeps your clock synchronized with atomic clocks worldwide. I think most systems come with some sort of ntp mechanism, in debian just run 'apt-get install ntp', SuSE installs the ntp package by default, RedHat has an ntp rpm available...and all the BSD come with an ntp implementation. To get them going you typically just give a list of ntp servers to talk to and start the daemon. You'll typically have to set your clock to a pretty close time before running the damon though, as it will ignore time changes greater than a certain amount (a few seconds iirc). The ntpdate command can be used for presetting your clock before running the ntpd.
Le Samedi, 5 octo 2002, � 15:13 Canada/Mountain, David J. Bourassa a �crit : > So S�bastien, tell us a little about NTP. Sounds like something we > should know about. > > S�bastien Taylor wrote: >> That's cause not everyone uses NTP, and not everyone has their >> timezone set properlly. >> Le Samedi, 5 octo 2002, � 10:19 Canada/Mountain, Peter Pankonin a >> �crit : >>> In Kmail, Cameron's email is timestamped Today 09:40:33 (same as in >>> the >>> header), and Richard's reply is timestamped Today 04:02:21(10:02:21 >>> in the >>> header). Where did Kmail get4:02 AM from? >>> >>> This seems to happen quite a bit. Also, sometimes I get the answers >>> to >>> questions arriving before the questions are posted? > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dave Bourassa at > http://members.shaw.ca/djb.enterprises/ > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >
