On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:53, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Thought I had installed NTP using software installer but this is what I > > get in terminal. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ ntpd -q > > bash: ntpd: command not found > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ which ntp > > which: no ntp in > > (/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:/usr/games:/home/r > >osemary/bin) [EMAIL PROTECTED] rosemary]$ > > > > > > > > It doesn't appear to have installed. > > > > I'll try looking at log files if I can work out how to find them > > > > Thanks > > Rosemary > > Rosemary, > This is because ntpd in in the /usr/sbin directory, and that is not on > the path of a normal user. You would have to use "/usr/sbin/ntpd -q" > instead. I am not sure, but I suspect you have to be root for it to > actually change the system time. > > Mikkel
Hmmm - it is in /etc and has ntp.conf there. Instructions say to add a line to that file but I can't find how to get into it - I am a newbie! Been looking at linux command pages but stuck. Solong as I don't boot to windows the time is fine anyway! Cheers Rosemary
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