John Kofinas wrote:
>
> I use rdate once in a while to set my computers clock, but that is a manual
> approach. Is there any automated approach to this?
>
> Thanks
> John
Well, there are several. The nicest I have seen is in
DrakConf/Linuxconf under date and time--it basically calls rdate
and hwclock to make things work
But if you want to establish something to keep drift minimal....
#----------------------------------------------begin here
#!/bin/sh
rdate -s tock.orst.edu
hwclock --systohc
#----------------------------------------------end here
You could store this tiny script somewhere as a text file, make
it executable, and call it from /etc/rc.local or set it as a cron
job to be executed hourly or every few minutes or however you
like. If you use webmin, use the graphic interface from netscape
to login to your own machine as
http://127.0.0.1:1000 and select the cron jobs and put the code
"rdate -s (yourfavoritetimeserver); hwclock --systohc" (without
the quotes) right in the single line webmin gives you for the job
and specify how often and when it should be run.
Civileme
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