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Keeping your System clock current, automatically via Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Posted by Admin on 26th January 2007

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NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is used to keep computer clocks accurate over the Internet, or by following an accurate hardware receiver which interprets GPS, DCF-77, NIST or similar time signals.

ntpdate is a simple NTP client which allows a system’s clock to be set to match the time obtained by communicating with one or more servers.

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