ntpdate on linux

[sanjit chand_1]

Hello,

I have just installed and am running xntp on my Linux 6.2 version. Can you please tell me now how to run ntpdate -d option from the command line. What is the difference between xntp and ntpdate. From what I gather, I fisrt installed xntp and am running the xntp daemon. I just need to be able to run ntpdate from teh command line which I am unable to do. I keep getting a command not found when I try running it. Help will be greatly appreciated.

[James A. Donovan]

If ntpdate is installed on your system it should be located under /usr/sbin.

xntp is a daemon which runs continously to keep your server's date and time accurate by constantly contacting other time servers. ntpdate is a command line utility which when you execute it, sets the date/time on your server, it does not run continuously.

[Tim Malnati]

ntpdate is part of the ntp package and is located at /usr/sbin/ntpdate. I'm not sure which version of ntp is installed on your system but the latest is at ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc6/i386//ntp-4.0.99k-1.i386.rpm I have had this version running on RedHat 7.0 for some time now. The software does use a fair amount of libraries, but I doubt you should have any problems installing it on 6.2 if you are reasonably up to date. The rpm process will complain if your missing any dependencies. I went ahead and verified that ntpdate is in fact part of the rpm just to be sure.

[Dan Am]

... on some ditributions it is called "netdate" ...