I use the LTSP webcam package, ltspwebcam, which displays a picture having a machine date, because of a setting in /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/local/share/camserv.cfg This displayed date can be useful since webcams apparently retain a few images sometimes hours old. SO, WHAT APPROACH WOULD YOU TAKE TO SETTING DATE?
Here are some approaches I consider.
1. rdate
I lean towards this approach, which would run on bootup of the LTS,
rdate my-main-computer
Presuming I use this approach, would I then best add
/opt/ltsp/i386/sbin/rdate #a 5 kilobyte file
and append to
/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/rc.local
the line
/sbin/rdate my-main-computer
2. ntp (Network Time Server); in particular, ntpdate.
I decided not to use this since, for a LTS,
it's excessive in software installation,
and either external networking must be up, or my main computer must
run an ntpd daemon.
3. ??? What haven't I thought of?
4. This is a crazy idea that merely makes things more complex.
The Jammin 125 I got 4 weeks ago has a date differing by two hours
(I'm EST, and it must be MST).
I could probably add
/opt/ltsp/i386/sbin/hwclock
then permanently change my LTS hardware clock.
But this approach isn't as robust as an approach like "rdate",
which (hopefully) properly changes date even when the LTS clock
runs low, and once setup,
this approach needn't be applied by hand to each LTS.
I welcome any suggestions.
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