Matt Hyclak a écrit : > 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. > Hmmm. This is strange. When I use the method you described, the command 'date' returns 17:34. But when I stop the ntpd service and run 'ntpdate' manually as I described, it's 16:34 (which is right, and btw, I live in South France). I'm confused. Niki Kovacs