setting my time server (ntp)
How do I set my time to a time server? In mandrake, it was a question during setup.
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I use the ntpdate command, the syntax is:
ntpdate server.whatever.com :) You can google for a list of servers, Or check the ntp.org homepage. Cool |
I'm sure it works. Thanks. I was wondering how to make this happen like everyday or something. I thought there was just a setting somewhere or a program that mandrake had or something.
On a windoze box: Code:
c:\>net time /setsntp:time.nrc.ca Code:
drew@workstation1:~> su |
Actually Mandrake has a tool, it's rdate, here's a page I found for info on using both rdate and ntpdate ;) :
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikile...our_clock_to_a Cool |
awesome. I read the whole page. Learned a bit about time. How would I do that command on a schedule? I did this command and it worked.
ntpdate -b -s time.nrc.ca && hwclock --systohc |
I'd personally setup a cronjob (maybe I did even, let's check.. Yep!) in /etc/cron.daily if your distro has it (I just realized this may not be in Mandrake ;) ) if not, I'd use crontab to create a cronjob:
crontab -e To edit your cronjobs, then: Code:
* 4 * * * /path/to/ntpdate 1> /dev/null Cool |
I found a program called Kcron in my sUsE Kmenu, I used that and it seems to work. Kcron did not ask me for root access and I need root to use this command, ntpdate. Does this matter?
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It probably does, so you'll likely want to set that up after you login as root :)
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you mean, login to X as root? I was always told that was a bad idea. So if that's what you mean, I set all that up, logout and back in as my user and it's all good? The schedule will still run even though root is not logged in?
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Well, you can login to X as root, you just want to be careful, do it as little as possible, and try other options first :)
You can also see if xhost+localhost is already setup on your system and maybe you can run X apps as root in your user's window. Open up a console, su to root, then type: kcron And see if it opens it up as root. If it does, cool. Do your thing, save and exit. If not, feel free to learn about xhost, and/or login as root, startx, do your thing, get out, and do that as little as possible. I personally use Root's X about, oh, once every other month, for various things. Just wanna be careful with it, and do it as little as possible. Cool |
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