xntp is a daemon based service. You just need to install it and run the
ntp server. Ofcourse you need to tell which server to coordinate the
time too but definitely no cron-job is needed for this.
If possible go for ntp 4.0 - unfortunately all the packages are
available in rpm 4.0 so you might have to do a rpm upgrade too.
Mithun
Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
>
> dayalan manohar proclaimed:
> > I want to install xntp since my sytem has a flaky bios/clock which
> > causes the date to be inaccurate.I have used an application called
> > tardis in windows in which one just has to click to get the time and set
> > the computers clock.It can also be used to provide the time for dhcp for
> > booting modem etc.In linux I found xntp.From the archives I got the
> > following info from previous posts:
>
> <snip>
>
> > My query is - in linux one uses hwclock to set the date in the bios.Also
> > linux only refers to the bios for date at boot time - correct me if I am
> > wrong.What is a good method to automatically get the time from an ntp
> > server and set the date in the bios?I thought of using a script get the
> > time using xntp and then set the time using hwclock.Can this be
> > done?Also this is for a system with only a temporary dial-up
> > connection.So the script can be called in the ip-up script?
>
> Possible solutions:
>
> 1. Write a script that will invoke xntp or ntpdate and then set the clock
> using hwclock. BTW, between xntp and ntpdate, go with ntpdate. It is much
> easier to use. Invoke this script periodically every 1 hour or so from
> cron.
>
> 2. Same as above. But your script will also make sure that it is actually
> online before running ntpdate.
>
> Thaths
>
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