Setting PC clock on-line?

[Guest Sagasha]

Hi,

 

Is there an application to set the PC clock on line, much like "Atomic Clock" in Windows?

 

Sagasha :P

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Yes. It is called ntpd.

Go to Mandrake Control Center (type mcc in an X console) -> System -> Date & Time

On the lower left you should see a checkbox for Enable Network Time Protocol

[Guest Sagasha]

Yes. It is called ntpd.

Go to Mandrake Control Center (type mcc in an X console) -> System -> Date & Time

On the lower left you should see a checkbox for Enable Network Time Protocol

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Steve,

 

Thanks so much!

 

Sagasha

[aperahama]

I tried this.

 

I set my clock out by about a minute then set ntpd and clicked OK. This adjusted my clock for about 5 seconds and then it reverted to its old setting. Is there something else I need to do to make the adjustment stick?

[Guest anon]

Open a terminal and as root (su) type:

rdate -s ntp.icm.edu.pl

 

You probably have rdate pre-installed but if you don't, just do:

urpmi rdate

[Qchem]

I usually set rdate to run as a weekly cron job, its also possible to sync your hardware clock to system time but I'll leave you that as a learning exercise (or you could ask nicely).

[aperahama]

I normally use the rdate command on an irregular bases (I set it to execute "Upon connet" in the root kppp and every now and then I connect as using kppp as root) but I just wondered about the using ntpd, am I missing something?