[plug] Time

Chris Griffin chrisg at doladns.dola.wa.gov.au
Wed Jul 28 13:52:49 WST 1999


Many thankyous to Matt and Bevan Broun. Software downloaded and I shall 
install and test.
Regards,
Chris Griffin


At 01:28  28/07/1999 +0800, you wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Chris Griffin wrote:
>
> > I know that I can get Linux to sync it's time from an atomic clock on the
> > Internet, but can anyone tell me what is available in the way of time
> > server software for Linux so that I can get other servers/workstations on
> > the local network to sync their time with the Linux server?
>
>Install a package called "xntp" (under Debian) or something similar under
>RedHat.
>
>xntp then sync's itself to the server you specify, and sets itself up as a
>daemon so other ntp programs can use it as a time server.
>
>  - Matt

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