atomic clock sync
 

is there a slackware package or in this case, a package for linux that can sync your clock?

my system clock is a mess. it always gets out of sync. is there an easy way to sync it?

I believe Slack comes with a utility called "Netdate" that is made for this purpose. You can find more info here: http://www.beaglesoft.com/clwamixplatform.htm

http://www.ntp.org/

Network TIme Protocol

I never used it so i can not say how good it works, but some distros include it with their packages so it should work good in slackware too...

I always set mine up following the directions here:
http://members.cox.net/laitcg/new/time.html

I do look up a nearby timeserver and add its ip address instead.
http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome

The syntax is ntpdate pool.ntp.org
This requires root privileges.

When you mentioned that your clock was never in sync, I immediately thought that it sounded like a motherboard problem. Sometimes, the battery powering the memory that stores your system's settings starts to go flat and a sign of this is the clock running slow.

here's the whole page

Slackware Tips & Tricks by Jack S. Lai
Last Updated: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:35:15 GMT
Time synchronization
Why do we want to ensure proper time? When investigating a security issue or reporting an issue, we want our logs to match our ISP's.

Create /etc/cron.daily/timecheck (Check and update the time from AOL.com which is close to me)

#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/ntpdate 205.188.185.33 && /sbin/hwclock --systohc

question

How do I create /etc/cron.daily/timecheck ?

is timecheck a conf file?

why not just su, then 'ntpdate -b time.nist.gov'

this will give you your current time according to the location of your ip add, and it works like a champ, i especially love the >7 day uptimes, after running this your screensaver will kick in because it thinks like 15 minutes has past during the time update

my clock sync works great for minutes, but now it thinks i'm set at GMT, and i live in central time mexico. how do i fix this??

plus, i can't get another user to sync the clock because the only one who can is root... any ideas on permissions???