On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:37:11PM -0400, Constantine wrote: > Hello! > > I am running FreeBSD 4.8. How can I synchronise my clock with some NTP > server? The time on my server right now is 4 minutes fast, and I do not > like that... Can I set up a script that would automatically synchronise > the time with some available server? Add:
xntpd_enable="YES" xntpd_flags="-l /var/log/ntpd.log" # with logging to /etc/rc.conf (this flag is different in 5.0 mind for anyone else that tries this on 5.0) and then configure ntpd in /etc/ntpd.conf: server ntp2a.mcc.ac.uk # choose a server near you obviously :) driftfile /etc/ntp.drift I think you might have to 'touch /etc/ntp.drift' initially - same with /var/log/ntpd.log. > My server is located in the USA, in case one would like to suggest some > good servers to synchronise with. :-) As mentioned above check the official ntpd site - or even just google for 'ntpd server usa'. Cheers, Jez _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
