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"G. Panula" <greg.panula@lexisnexis.com> writes:

> Run ntpd.  Pretty much just need two files; /etc/ntp.conf and
> /etc/ntp.drift.

It would be better to fix the problem *before* trying NTP (which won't
help at all unless he has full-time access to a server anyway).