On Fri, 26 Jan 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Can someone give me a hint about where to find a remote time server? As I > never reboot with this darn stable 1.2.13 kernel, my clock gets badly out of > sync. For what it's worth, I'm in Eastern Ontario, bordering New York state. > I have the following script in my /etc/cron.monthly directory: #!/bin/sh # # set the system time netdate time.nist.gov time.bldrdoc.gov time.colorado.edu > /tmp/netdate 2>&1 # set the cmos clock clock -w Netdate doesn't set your CMOS clock. So if you run netdate, then reboot, your clock is going to be off. "clock -w" writes the CMOS clock from the kernel's system time. If your CMOS clock is less accurate than mine, you could put this script in /etc/cron.weekly or /etc/cron.daily. Gerry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
