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Old 02-25-2005, 12:47 PM   #1
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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?
 
Old 02-25-2005, 01:06 PM   #2
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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

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Old 02-25-2005, 01:09 PM   #3
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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...
 
Old 02-25-2005, 03:52 PM   #4
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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
 
Old 02-26-2005, 05:22 AM   #5
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The syntax is ntpdate pool.ntp.org
This requires root privileges.
 
Old 02-27-2005, 01:32 PM   #6
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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.
 
Old 02-28-2005, 10:22 AM   #7
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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?
 
Old 02-28-2005, 11:47 AM   #8
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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
 
Old 02-28-2005, 11:28 PM   #9
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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???
 
  


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