On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, AZ Pete wrote:

> I have a dev Linux box running Redhat 9 on my home LAN and I noticed that
> the clock has drifted and is now 10 minutes behind.

I also have Linux boxes over past several years (and even currently) that
have great clock shifts.

> Instead of simply resetting it, I'd like this box to sync with a time
> server.  I was reading about ntpd, but this seems to be a way to set up a
> machine to be a time server, which is not what I want. It also looks to be
> way more work than I want to get into.

ntpd also works for keeping the local system in sync. You may want to try
new www.openntpd.org/

> What is the best way to simply sync with a time server once per day.  Is
> there a program I can run in a cron job?

I prefer to use ntpdate client instead of using ntpd server.

You can run it from a crontab.

> Also, what time servers are best to use.  The only one listed in my
> ntp.conf is clock.redhat.com.  Not that I don't like Redhat, I just would
> like a couple more.

Have a look at
http://www.pool.ntp.org/
http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome


 Jeremy C. Reed

Unix and FreeBSD training in Phoenix
http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/


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