On Thu, Feb 07, 2008, Tim Alberts wrote: >The GUI tool to set date time works great when your running X or >whatever, but what is it really doing in the background? How do I setup >automatic time synchronization from the command line? A method I frequently use to figure out what's going on under the covers is to create a file to use as a time stamp, modify something with a GUI, then use find to see what has been changed. touch /tmp/timestamp # do something GUIish find /etc -newer /tmp/timestamp > /tmp/changelist Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will go to the stars... -Dr. Isaac Asimov