new user - xntp

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jun 9 04:05:55 UTC 2010


On 06/08/2010 08:46 PM, Tim Hanson wrote:
> In the menu system, I haven't found the provision to update time from public 
> NTP servers.  Checking with the "whereis" command shows that xntp is not on 
> the computer.  Other distros set up methods to run the program manually or as 
> a daemon, and even provide a list of secondary servers.  Am I left on my own?
> 

System|Administration|Time and Date|Click to make changes (supply your
user password)|Configuration:Keep sysncronized with internet servers|(if
you get 'NTP support is not installed' click 'Install NTP support)|Time
Servers: Select Servers|select one of the default, or add your own.
Personally I prefer to use ntp.org (0/1.us.pool.ntp.org):

http://www.ntp.org/

Ubuntu info:
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/NTP.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuTime





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