Thanks for your response. The only one of those I have is rdate. I'm going to go see if I can figure out how to pass a server or multiple servers to it. and then figure out how to add it to the chron like Alex was talking about. Take care, Sina No trees were destroyed in sending this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Adam Myrow Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 5:20 PM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Help with date and redhat 9 You don't use date to set the time from a time server. The date command is only for manually setting the date. There are several ways to set the time from a remote server. Some commands include netdate, rdate, and ntpdate. If you have it, ntpdate is the most accurate. You can pass it multiple servers, and it will pick the best one. If you are really into time, you could have ntpd running all the time to actually adjust the speed of the clock within Linux so that it stays within a few MS of the correct time. For a good list of time servers, go to http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html and find several near you with open access. Then, assuming you have ntpdate available, you could try "ntpdate server." For example, "ntpdate time.nist.gov time-b.nist.gov" would ask ntpdate to get the time from two of the NIST servers and pick the one it thinks is the most accurate and set your clock to it. Hope this helps. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
