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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I used to do administration on a e-commerce web server. We used plain old vanilla NTP, to keep all the servers date/time correct. If I remeber correctly my main sever was stratum 3.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Any way the secret is in your /etc/ntp.conf file. This is very well documented on the ntp web site and man pages ( http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/ ). I recommend that if you have a permanent connection to the internet use at least 3 ntp servers in your config file. If you are not connected constantly, there are programs (ntpupdate ?) to get a quick timecheck to update your clocks. My current set-up uses a driver pointed to my local servers hardware clock, not accurate, but all my nodes have a consistent time.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">All your nodes should point to your ntp server and not the internet. A quick serch on the web will show you where to find clients for NT, if necessary.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Let me know if you have any specifc questions. <br>
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cheers,<br>
Jim Parker<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Joey Raheb <joeyraheb@usa.net></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: beowulf-admin@beowulf.org</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Hello everyone,<br>
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I was wondering about date updating on a cluster. Does anybody do it and how?<br>
I tried rdate and this did not work for some reason, it said that I could not<br>
connect to the host??? Also, I tried ntpdate and when for example I type:<br>
ntpdate ns1.uwo.ca, it outputs the difference between the clock, but it does<br>
not update my clock??? If anyone can explain to me how to use one of these<br>
programs I would appreciate the help.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Joey<br>
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