Re: How to keep date/time accurate

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 10/06/03 

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:32:36 +0000 (UTC)

Sally Shears <sshears@theWorld.com> writes:

]I'm running SuSE 8.1 at runlevel 3 for a server machine.

]The clock keeps falling behind... Enough to be a bother.

]What application can I run with a Cron (or otherwise) to update the
]system clock? Something similar to network update of date/time on a
]Mac?

If you are always on the net, xntp or chrony
If you are sometimes on the net, chrony

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