I have a neet little shellscript I put together using the net date utility. Let me include it here. ----- beginning of file ----- #!/bin/sh /usr/sbin/netdate clock.psu.edu if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then clock -w echo CMOS clock has been set. fi ----- end of file ----- The clock -w command is the deal that permenantly updates your hardware clock. There might be a way to manually set it all with the date command but not sure. Look at the man pages for the above commands. I run this shell script every day in a crontab and my clock is solid now. On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote: > Hi guys how tdo I go about setting the system clock under linux? > I've got to do this as a result of my hareware clock going a little > um. well slow. > thanks in advance. > > >