Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:48:02 -0800 (PST) From: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> Cc: Greg Fraize <greg@oz.plymouth.edu>, questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: setting the time on FreeBSD 2.2.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971112130603.5597D-100000@mybsd.net> In-Reply-To: <19971111151207.43860@rh.psu.edu>
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> If you have a working network connection (even a modem) on the machine,
> it is probably easier and more accurate to set the clock from another
> machine running NTP:
>
> ntpdate clock.psu.edu
>
> ("clock.psu.edu" is a perfectly good example; your ISP, company, or
> whatnot may have its own that you can use).
>
> Both methods must be done as root; you obviously don't want just anyone
> changing the date on you.
Just FYI, I did that a few days ago and my clock was out about 30 mins
from the ntp server I did the update from and as I was in an xterm the
screensaver kicked in after the time had been updated. Kinda freaked me
out for a second until I realized what had happend.
Keith
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