ChorusOS 5.0 System Administrator's Guide

Setting up an NTP Client

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Change to the /etc directory.

  3. Copy the ntp.client file to the ntp.conf file:

    # cp ntp.client ntp.conf
    

  4. Synchronize the date manually, by using the ntpdate command:


    # rsh target ntpdate <timeserver>
    
    where <timeserver> is the NTP server running on the network.

  5. Start the ntpd daemon:


    # rsh target ntpd