[wellylug] NTP

[Rosemary McGillicuddy]

>
> I use ntp on every server I run. It is easy to set up, so
> long as you can reach a timeserver on the Internet. If you
> are behind a firewall it must allow access to the Internet
> over UDP port 123. That's usually not a problem.
>
> Since you are dual booting to Windows *do not* set the
> hardware clock to UTC (aka GMT). In Debian based distros,
> this is set in /etc/default/rcS. I don't know what it on
> RedHat based distros like Mandrake, sorry.
>
> Usually, there is no config of the ntp server to be done (at
> least on Debian). The package should have conf files already
> set up to use pool.ntp.org.
>
> Set the timezone correctly to Pacific/Auckland according to
> how your distro does it.
>
> Set the time to near the correct time and ensure that the
> ntp server is *NOT* running. From the command line run:
>
> ntpd -q
>
> This may take several minutes to run, but should come back
> with a "slew" number. If it doesn't write anything, just
> exits silently it hasn't worked, and you'll have to look at
> the log files (Check your connectivity).
>
> If it comes back with a "slew" figure you are OK. Run ntpd
> -q a few times for luck, then start the ntp server.
>
> If ntp is too much for you, you could use the (deprecated)
> ntpdate and schedule it to run periodically.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff


Thanks.  Mandrake has NTP packages so it just a matter of installing them.  
I'll give it a go.

Thanks
Rosemary