additionally, here is some further info from a previous net discussion on
the matter (none of it original to me):
*
If /etc/sysconfig/clock contains "UTC=false", then
the system assumes that the bios time is the correct local time and
doesn't update for daylight savings. (Actually, the roll
Barton Hodges wrote:
> this should work:
>
> /usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
> /sbin/hwclock --systohc
>
> this will retrieve the date and time from time.nist.gov
>
> Jim Ewaka wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to sync my server time to a national lab time resource.
> > I was looking in Linuxconf, and t
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, Barton Hodges wrote:
> this should work:
>
> /usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
> /sbin/hwclock --systohc
>
> this will retrieve the date and time from time.nist.gov
>
Yup. Works great here... except that I usuallyrun the rdate in a
console window, then "su -" to root and run
this should work:
/usr/bin/rdate -s time.nist.gov
/sbin/hwclock --systohc
this will retrieve the date and time from time.nist.gov
Jim Ewaka wrote:
>
> I am trying to sync my server time to a national lab time resource.
> I was looking in Linuxconf, and there is the field to enter "Get date fro
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, Jim Ewaka wrote:
> I am trying to sync my server time to a national lab time resource.
> I was looking in Linuxconf, and there is the field to enter "Get date from
> server(s)"
>
> Can anyone tell me if this will only retrieve the date, or will it retrieve
> date and time? If
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 08:57:26AM -0400, Jim Ewaka wrote:
> I am trying to sync my server time to a national lab time resource.
> I was looking in Linuxconf, and there is the field to enter "Get date from
> server(s)"
>
> Can anyone tell me if this will only retrieve the date, or will it retriev
