On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tanmoy Chatterjee: >>> I have not done this though. Is it necessary? > > suvayu ali: >> As I mentioned, its recommended but not necessary. With ntpd turned on >> your clock will be kept synchronised with other time servers on the >> internet. This is a good way to keep your system clock synchronised >> without worrying about it. > > And, so long as your computer stays close to real time, NTP will keep it > exactly on real time, and you'll never have to set your clock again. > > Only if the computer's clock get seriously out of step will NTP abandon > trying to keep it on time, automatically. ÂThough, you can configure > things so that each boot up the clock is forced to real time, and NTP > then keeps it on time. > > In a era where you're surrounded by equipment with clocks, it's nice to > have at least some of them take care of themselves. ÂIf you have several > computers, it's useful for fault finding if all their logs have > synchronised timestamps in their logs. ÂAnd if you ever have to submit > something like a firewall log to someone to trace an attack, they're not > going to want it unless it's timestamps are precise. ÂA NTP synchronised > clock will do the job for you. Thank you very much. Things are clearer to me now. Thanks again. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. ÂI > read messages from the public lists. > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
