[aclug-L] Re: setting date

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Behalf Of John Reinke
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> Time seems to be drifting on my Linux box. Since I have cable modem access
> and my box is constantly online, is there a way for it to check somewhere
> on the internet periodically and update its time? I seem to remember having
> heard of a time server like that, but I don't know what its name is. Also,
> can I set it up so other machines on the network can update their clocks
> with its clock in some standard manner as well?

You don't say whether the other machines on the network are linux boxes or
windows boxes.  On DOS/Windows machines you can issue the following command:
C:\WINDOWS\NET.EXE time  \\{servername} /set /yes.  This uses the time
parameter to the net command to connect to \\{servername}, the /set says you
want to sync your time, not just get the current time at the server, and the 
/yes says do it without prompting me.  I use this in my windows start folder
so that everytime windows boots it resyncs with the linux server box on my
network. This probably only works if you have netbios services running, i.e.
samba.

--dwh

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