Thanks S�bastien. I'll have to try that with Mandrake 8.2.
S�bastien Taylor wrote:
> 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.
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