From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.226]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ADtIR-0001sh-00 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 17:23:39 -0500 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by cardinal.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1ADtIM-0006Ck-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 26 Oct 2003 14:23:34 -0800 Received: (qmail 12850 invoked by uid 1023); 26 Oct 2003 22:23:39 -0000 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 16:23:39 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Help with date and redhat 9 Message-ID: <20031026222339.GA12816@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <000001c39c07$0761cd20$6401a8c0@quantum> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hey, I didn't know Kirk ran a time server. Greg On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 05:18:14PM -0500, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > Hi Sima, > > Here is how I do it. The following command is executed as root: > > netdate -l 0 tick.wustl.edu tcp bumpy.braille.uwo.ca > > It is probably best to make an alias for this, or put it in a > script or something. In my case, I execute that line within my > ip-up script. > > It will update your time within the kernel, but not reset the > hardware clock. That turns out to be no problem on this slackware > system, since slackware copies the time from the kernel into the > hardware clock during the shutdown process, and the only other > time the hardware clock is referenced is during bootup, I > believe. > > The line above references two time servers, in case one or the > other might be down for some reason. > > Hope that helps > > Chuck > > -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org