----- Original Message ----- From: "William Warren" > How can i have my centOS-3 system synch to a time server on the > internet? An easy way is to put in crontab a script like this: #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/rdate -s <IP time server You wont> sleep 10 /sbin/hwclock --systohc Sure the best solution is to install and configure ntp. A good public time server list is here: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html maurizio