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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!eru.mt.luth.se!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!stanb From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Subject: Re: Synchronizing my FreeBSD machine to clock servers. Message-ID: <stanbE1w14A.2A8@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) References: <stanbE1tEtC.1EE@netcom.com> <581rqn$56v@jupiter.dnai.com> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 11:55:22 GMT Lines: 21 Sender: stanb@netcom2.netcom.com Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com> writes: >stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) wrote: >> In Debain Linux there is a utilty /usr/sbin/netdate. I takes one or >> more servers as arguments, determines what the "Best" time is and sets >> the system kernel time. >> >> If there is sonething like this already done, I would like to know Turns ou that there is. It's called ntpdate. It does have a man page, and seems to do what I wanted. I do have a furthere question though. Under Linux you need to run a seperate program to set the CMOS clock. Can anyone tell me if this is necessary under FreeeBSD, and if so what the program is called. -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.