On Thursday 30 January 2003 19:59, h40Z" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Another good utility for this is rdate (found in most popular > distributions): > > emerge rdate > > rdate -s time.nist.gov > > (Simply accomplishes the same thing... but is also available)... > > One thing I also find useful (being that my primary linux machine is > a laptop) is to have an init script do the same thing upon bootup... >
ntpdate and especially ntpd are a lot more accurate than rdate. Especially over a larger distance where rdate comes out way too simple. For keeping a clock sync and preventing strange time-lapsing problems ntpd is the only option. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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