From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from babel.hpcc.noaa.gov ([140.90.74.62]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17zp3b-0002W5-00 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:57:39 -0400 Received: from babel.hpcc.noaa.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by babel.hpcc.noaa.gov (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9B1veSk030680 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:57:40 -0400 Received: from localhost (jwantz@localhost) by babel.hpcc.noaa.gov (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id g9B1vdt9030676 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:57:39 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 21:57:39 -0400 (EDT) From: jwantz@babel.hpcc.noaa.gov To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: system time In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021010145114.0270cec0@198.144.194.210> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Hi Charley, Yes, there is--rdate, ntpdate and netdate to name three of them. That's not what he wanted. In most distros there is a file called /etc/localtime. It sets what time zone your system is using. The file is not in plain text. The program in Redhat to manipulate this file is timeconfig. I use a script that I put in /etc/cron.daily that uses netdate to query the 4 nearest NIST servers to set the system time. It then calls hwclock to set the hardware clock. On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > I thought there was a program to have the system clock set by NIST. > > -- charlie Crawford. > At 02:49 PM 10/10/02 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi, > >You can run timeconfig and up and down arrow your time choices. When > >you find the correct time setting you can tab and press enter on the OK > >button. It seems to be exactly the same program that is called during > >install. Of course you must be root to run the program. > > > > Jim Wantz WB0TFK > >On Thu, 10 Oct > >2002, Richard Villa wrote: > > > > > While installing RH 8, I messed up my time setting. > > > > > > Does someone know where the system stores the parameters for setting the > > > time? It must be an offset value which tells the system how many hours to > > > add or subtract from GMT time. > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on > > > water. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >