oh with the use of it, have the timeserver addy you want handy,
debconf will ask you the address just type it in and away you go, give it half an hour (to sync) and then set your other boxes to query the first one (avoids unnecessary traffic to the public servers) ____________ I use ntp-simple and am immensely happy with the result the clocks in this building are also callibrated off a time server and watching the computers go "tick tick tick" in time with the clocks is a source of joy in the depressing harrowed wasteland of my life. (ok i'm exagerating about my life, but not ntp-simple) At 09:08 PM 1/27/03 -0600, will trillich wrote: >after revisiting the longest-thread-of-the-millennium again, i >thought i'd be a good citizen and get ntpd going instead of >ntpdate. > > # apt-get update > <snip> > Fetched 257kB in 4s (62.2kB/s) > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > root: /mnt# apt-get install ntpd > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Package ntpd has no available version, but exists in the database. > This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and > never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents > of sources.list > E: Package ntpd has no installation candidate > > root: /mnt# apt-cache show ntpd > > root: /mnt# > >odd! (suggestions welcome.) > >-- >I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; >Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown > >DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #11 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >: >Which COMMANDS pertain to <xyz>? Try "apropos <xyz>", >"info <xyz>", and "man -k <xyz>". > >Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]