[CentOS] NTP

Sun Apr 1 22:19:33 UTC 2007
John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org>

Peter Gross wrote:
> Mike wrote:
> 
>> Greets!
>>
>> Ok.  I'm looking at a client that needs to keep their server time 
>> close as reasonably possible (within a minute) of the actual time of 
>> day.  I've installed the RPM for NTP and I'm looking for tips on what 
>> the simplest setup should be, ie:
>> What server(s) should I be using for sync?
>> Should I just run it from a cron every 20 minutes or so?
> 
> 
> CentOS 4.4 standard NTP install /etc/ntp.conf is set to use the 
> following NTP servers:
> 
> server 0.pool.ntp.org
> server 1.pool.ntp.org
> server 2.pool.ntp.org
> 

I do wish it would prefer the time server offered by DHCP:-( I'd rather 
sync one computer over the Internet, and the rest off my local network.


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John

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