[CentOS] System on time
Matt Hyclak
hyclak at math.ohiou.edu
Fri Nov 9 14:03:08 UTC 2007
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 03:00:10PM +0100, Niki Kovacs enlightened us:
> To get my system on time, I usually issue these two commands:
>
> # ntpdate de.pool.ntp.org
> # hwclock -w
>
> And when I want this to be done on startup, I put the two lines in
> rc.local.
>
> I wonder if this is an orthodox way to do things. Or is there something
> more appropriate?
>
chkconfig ntpd on
will cause ntpd to sync and start the ntp daemon every boot.
service ntpd start
will start the daemon right now.
Matt
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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
(740) 593-1263
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