Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: > > >already on Feb 15, 2000. digging through the package database i came across > > >ntp and ntpdate and installed both (i have an always on connection to the > > > > ntpdate is used to do a "one time only" update to your clock. ntp is used to > > discipline your clock and will in fact keep the RTC in a short leash > > updating it every 11 minutes. > > I don't believe ntp is what Patrick needs. "ntp" is the daemon, i.e. > the server. "ntpdate" is the "client software". I think what Patrick > wants is ntpdate and info on available public servers to access, not > to setup his own ntp server for a sub-net of others. > The info you want Patrick is in ntp-doc, at least. ntp-doc is docs > in HTML form. They include a link to a list on the net of public > primary and secondary servers (I'm pretty sure this list can be found > elsewhere in ntpdate or ntp-doc packages). For most of us, we should > access a secondary server, there is no reason for an "end-user" like > us to be using primary servers. I seem to remember also that some > primary servers require "permission to access" first. Get to that > list, write down 3-4 of the secondary servers that are geographically > close, and plug that info into ntpdate's config file. ====================================================== I think this is the server site lists that you are seeking:
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