From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 19 12:47:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA17550 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:47:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.brann.org ([207.122.63.57]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA17522 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:46:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jbrann@localhost) by freebie.brann.org (8.8.4/8.8.2) id PAA16532; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 15:46:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199702192046.PAA16532@freebie.brann.org> Subject: Re: [Q]Internet time server ? In-Reply-To: <2.2.16.19970219133838.732f6dc6@accessld.com> from Lance at "Feb 19, 97 01:16:00 pm" To: lancez@accessld.com (Lance) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 15:46:08 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: John Brann Organisation: Not while I'm at home X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Lance wrote... > Hi, there: > > My PC runs FreeBSD 2.1.5R and is connected to Internet via > my company's Intranet. Is there a way to connect my PC to > a some kind of Internet timer server so that my machine is > always synced with accurate and correct time? Has anybody > done that before? > > > Appreciate your reply! > > > > lance > > lancez@accessld.com > > > > Yup, of the two possibles (timed or xntpd), I'd recommend xntpd. Both are in the base distribution and can be fired up at boot from /etc/sysconfig Regards, John -- Prohibit work, prohibit pay - people are dying! Situationist International slogan finger jbrann@brann.org for pgp public key