? Changing server time ?

phence · 08-25-2002, 05:41 PM

how can u chage your linux server time?

JH5 · 08-26-2002, 09:08 AM

at shell type "man date" to bring up the help for date... it explains how to set the date.

( without the " " btw )

JH5 · 08-26-2002, 09:10 AM

btw it requires root to change date regular users don't have correct permissions to.

jstarkey · 08-26-2002, 01:57 PM

You also may wanna consider ntp. It's a way to keep the machine in sync with time servers.

If you go that route, download the app, install and just add this to your cron:

05 00 * * * /path/to/ntpdate time-a.nist.gov && hwclock --systohc

time-a.nist.gov can be replaced with any time server. Each morning at 5 mins after midnight, it will set the time based on the time server's response.

The hwclock part will write it to the hardware, so that a reboot won't screw up the date.

HTH

phence · 08-26-2002, 07:15 PM

thank-you guys!