Time Settings in Linux Domain

[Dushyant Tyagi]

Hi all
i m having Radhat linux 7.3 domain. i m
facing the problem at client End. all
clients r not showing the right time . all r
showing 5:30 pm and Doamin is showing 9:32.

what should i do????
plz help me

thanks
DUSHYANT

[Steven E. Protter]

as root

chkconfig -level 12345 ntpd on

On a server

find an outside ntp time source
open up port 110 on the firewall

edit /etc/ntp.conf

put the time source in there.

service ntpd start

On the clients:

chkconfig -level 12345 ntpd on


set the servers ip as the source in /etc/ntp.conf

service ntpd start

Done. It may take a few hours for the times to come in synch

Test with

ntpq -p

on each node.

SEP

[Roberto Polli]

Hi Dushyant.
To set up client time you have 2 choiches:
1) ntpdate:
it's a mere command which you have to issue (you can put in cron if machine is always on or put once at boot if machine should be shut down daily): basic syntax is
#ntpdate servername
where servername is the name of an ntp server (search on google pls)

2) ntpd:
make your machine a ntp server which uses other servers to set up its hour.
it's a bit more work. You can read
#man ntp.conf
which is config files.


Using KDE you can configure it interactively clichking on clock and giving root passwd.


Dushyant, from your profile I see that you never assigned points to the answers you've been given. Pls. do it: it's needed to stimulate people to answer...

Peace, R.

[Dushyant Tyagi]

Thanx a lot to Peace and SEP . it is
working now.


Thanx once again
Dushyant

[Ragu_3]

Using the ntp-server package under Debian, you can configure it to make it broadcast the exact time on the subnet. Sort of getting to sync all the clients from the mother-ship, eh....

[Marco Di Ianni]

No Steven, the 110 port is for mail pop3 service, the NTP port is 123!

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