Re: Server Time sync

[Barton Hodges <barton gcmcomputers com>]

this should work:

/usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
/sbin/hwclock --systohc

this will retrieve the date and time from time.nist.gov

Jim Ewaka wrote:
> 
> I am trying to sync my server time to a national lab time resource.
> I was looking in Linuxconf, and there is the field to enter "Get date from
> server(s)"
> 
> Can anyone tell me if this will only retrieve the date, or will it retrieve
> date and time? If it does retrieve date and time, does anyone know a good
> national lab to connect to?
> 
> My goal is the easiest route to get my server to sync with a national time
> lab.
> Any help on the simplest approach to achieve this, and also what time
> servers to connect to, would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Jim Ewaka
> 
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