On 7 Apr 02, at 11:05, David Talkington wrote:

> Fred said:
> >If so then you can use the xntp package that comes with RH. 
> 
> It's ntp now.  xntp is deprecated.

That depends on whether you're talking ntp 3 or 4.  4 is the 
latest, but 3 is much more mature.  The various windoze clients 
mentioned below have different behavior with different versions of 
real ntp servers; some don't recognize ver 4 servers, and some (eg, 
WorldTime) don't even recognize my local ntp3 servers.

> >otherwise, if it is not a full-time connection, I suggest you check out
> >the chrony package. 

ntp can handle part-time connections just fine, and there might be 
too much documentation available at the main ntp site (it doesn't 
help that it gets re-arranged once in a while either).  But there 
is extensive documentation available, both on the ntp software and 
timing in general.  I suggest you spend some time there and you'll 
find plenty of good info (I learned quite a bit).  See:

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/

This is the master site for all things you need to know (or were 
afraid to ask).  You too can become a master of time...

> Speaking of options, the most reliable way to keep an offline clock in
> sync is probably clockspeed (http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed.html).  I use
> it, along with its companion sntpclock, in situations where connectivity
> stinks.
> 
> >Also, though you didn't ask: there are numerous ntp clients for windoze
> >machines. 
> 
> And Windows XP and Mac OS X have them built in now.

I wonder which versions of ntp that XP can see?  I'd rather not 
find out...

Steve

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