On Wednesday 23 December 2009, Raman.P wrote: > --- On Wed, 23/12/09, Dinesh Kumar Rajagopal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > How to run our own NTP server ? our goal > > is to run same > > time in all server . > > > > Server Details > > > > Os: Centos 5.3 > > Arch : i686 > > If you are not concerned about atomic precision and only want all > system in the lan to have same time, easiest is to configure time > server and use rdate. Designate one system as server, enable time > server under xinetd.d or inetd. use rdate command from clients to > query server time and adjust itself. rdate can be run at boot time > or as cronjob.
What is the package name for rdate. Could not find it in openSUSE; there is ntpdate though. A few words of caution; while rdate/ntpdate (via cron/bootup scripts) may be good for desktops, I have found it best to use ntpd (in client mode) on servers. In one email server, I was running ntpdate (via cron) and dovecot was very particular about time drifts and would shut itself down. From that incident, I use ntpd (in client mode) to sync time. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
