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-!!Install the
NTP daemon (
Debian/Ubuntu)
+!! Setting up
NTP on
Debian/Ubuntu
-*sudo aptitude install ntp
+You need to:
-Now use your favorite text editor to add
the [NTPServers] you wish
to synchronize your clock
with:
+# Install
the [NTP] dæmon ([Package] <tt>ntp</tt> in [Debian] and friends).
+# Pick some
[NTPServers] to synch
with.
+# If necessary, fix your system time.
+# Start the dæmon.
-*
echo "
server nz.pool.ntp.org"
>> /etc/ntp.conf
+<verbatim>
+aptitude install ntp
+/etc/init.d/ntp stop
+
echo '
server nz.pool.ntp.org'
>> /etc/ntp.conf
+ntpdate nz.pool.ntp.org # optional
+/etc/init.d/ntp start
+</verbatim>
-If
the time on the local server is very different from that of its primary time server your
[NTP
] daemon will eventually terminate, so we will first set the system time based on the time reported by the NTP server
.
+Of course you would actually use a TextEditor to add
the [NTPServers
] to <tt>/etc/ntp.conf</tt>
.
-Stop
the NTP daemon:
+The [ntpdate(8)] step is necessary only if your local clock is way off from
the time server’s time, in which case the [
NTP] dæmon may terminate. Note that even [ntpdate(8)] adjusts the time only gradually if within a certain time range – if you don't want that, use the <tt>-b</tt> option.
-*sudo /etc/init.d/ntp stop
+!! See also
-Now run ntpdate
+* TimeNotes
-*sudo ntpdate nz.pool.ntp.org
-
-NB Even [ntpdate(8)] gradually adjusts the time if within a certain time range. If you don't want this behaviour use the -b option.
-
-Now you can start the daemon
-
-*sudo /etc/init.d/ntp start
-----
-See also TimeNotes
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CategoryNotes
