10.04 LTS Server - setting the clock

[william drescher]

On 10/20/2011 10:18 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 20 October 2011 15:10, william drescher<william at techservsys.com>  wrote:
>> I thought when I set up the server I asked it to check with a time server
>> periodically, but now it is 5 minutes ahead.
>> I found the date command, but can't figure out the format for the new time
>> string:
>> eg: sudo date -sXXXXXXXXXXX
>>
>> The docs say human readable free format but
>> sudo date -s=2011-10-20 10:07
>>
>> gets the reply:
>> date: the argument '10.07' lacks a leading '+';
>> when using  an option to specify date(s), any non-option argument must be a
>> format string beginning with '+'
>>
>> What is the command to set the time from a time server ?
>>
>> How do I ask the system to do this periodically ?
>
> I think ntp is what you want, see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/NTP.html
>
> Colin
>
Thank you Colin, exactly what I need
bill