Re: NIST time

2002-01-19 Thread Paul Mackinney
Sam Varghese declaimed: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:41:38AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Sam Varghese writes: > > > ntpdate always complains that it cannot find the time servers. > > > ... How did you find them? I went to Google and found a list right away. Since I'm not a server w/100s of client

Re: NIST time

2002-01-05 Thread Paul E Condon
John Hasler wrote: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > Therefore, debian hackers should not waste their time trying to solve > > problems that they imagine such a person might have. > > I wrote: > > What are you talking about? > > Paul E Condon writes: > > The current standard precision clock... > > I know

Re: NIST time

2002-01-05 Thread Sam Varghese
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:41:38AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Sam Varghese writes: > > ntpdate always complains that it cannot find the time servers. > > ... > > chrony runs without complaint. > > This has got to be a configuration problem, as ntpdate and chrony use the > same protocol, the same

Re: NIST time

2002-01-04 Thread John Hasler
Paul E Condon wrote: > Therefore, debian hackers should not waste their time trying to solve > problems that they imagine such a person might have. I wrote: > What are you talking about? Paul E Condon writes: > The current standard precision clock... I know all that. I'm asking you to identify

Re: NIST time

2002-01-04 Thread Paul E Condon
John Hasler wrote: > > Atomic clock accuracy is really not an issue on the internet. > > Those who run stratum one timeservers still like them, though. > > > I get fluctuation in reoprted return time of about one second form > > California. > > Which is why programs such as chronyd and ntpd go to

Re: NIST time

2002-01-04 Thread John Hasler
Sam Varghese writes: > ntpdate always complains that it cannot find the time servers. > ... > chrony runs without complaint. This has got to be a configuration problem, as ntpdate and chrony use the same protocol, the same ports, and can use the same servers. > i'm not a techie but it looks like

Re: NIST time

2002-01-04 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:27:21PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Sam Varghese writes: > > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same guy > > who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig it is > > simple and works well. > > Thank you, but I did not write chr

Re: NIST time

2002-01-04 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:40:47PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > Sam Varghese wrote: > > > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same > > guy who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig > > it is simple and works well. > > Is ntpdate not simple, or doe

Re: NIST time

2002-01-04 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:23:28PM -0700, Gary Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Paul E Condon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <...> > > My experience with this issue may be interesting to others... > > > > 1. ntp-simple does not exist in Packages.gz as downloaded today from > > ftp.us.debian

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread John Hasler
Gary Turner writes: > As a matter of possible general interest, NIST makes available source and > binaries (Mac & Win) on their site. >From nistime.man: Description This program connects to the daytime service on the NIST time server time_a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov using tcp/ip port 13.

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread Gary Turner
On Thu, 03 Jan 2002 10:47:21 -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: >I want to automate the time/date setting on my computer( Potato ). >I suppose there is a program that accesses NIST time server and >allows me to update. > >What is the name of the debian package to do this? > >Paul As a matter of possible

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread John Hasler
Paul E Condon writes: > I guess it is not NTP... It is NTP. > ...since that requires that the other host is running NTP deamon. It does. Chronyd is both an NTP server and an NTP client. > What method does it use. NTP. > Maybe it should be substituted for NTP. For most purposes chrony is an

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Paul E Condon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Craig Dickson wrote: > > > Sam Varghese wrote: > > > > > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same > > > guy who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig > > > it is simple and works well. > > > > Is ntpdate

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread Paul E Condon
Craig Dickson wrote: > Sam Varghese wrote: > > > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same > > guy who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig > > it is simple and works well. > > Is ntpdate not simple, or does it not work well? What caused you to want

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread John Hasler
Sam Varghese writes: > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same guy > who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig it is > simple and works well. Thank you, but I did not write chrony. Richard Curnow is the author. I am merely the maintainer of the De

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread Craig Dickson
Sam Varghese wrote: > i used ntpdate initially but have now swicthed to chrony. the same > guy who wrote pppconfig has written this utility and like pppconfig > it is simple and works well. Is ntpdate not simple, or does it not work well? What caused you to want to switch? I use ntpdate and it s

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread Sam Varghese
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 10:47:21AM -0800, Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to automate the time/date setting on my computer( Potato ). > I suppose there is a program that accesses NIST time server and > allows me to update. > > What is the name of the debian package to do this? i used ntpdate initia

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Craig Dickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I want to automate the time/date setting on my computer( Potato ). > > I suppose there is a program that accesses NIST time server and > > allows me to update. > > > > What is the name of the debian package to do this? > >

Re: NIST time

2002-01-03 Thread Craig Dickson
Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to automate the time/date setting on my computer( Potato ). > I suppose there is a program that accesses NIST time server and > allows me to update. > > What is the name of the debian package to do this? I use the ntpdate client, but there is a full ntp server (call