CentOS - Feb 2008 - Date/Time config 'behind the scenes'

The GUI tool to set date time works great when your running X or 
whatever, but what is it really doing in the background?  How do I setup 
automatic time synchronization from the command line?

Reference the GUI setup doc at:
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.1/Deployment_Guide/ch-dateconfig.html

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 05:25:59PM -0800, Tim Alberts
wrote:
> The GUI tool to set date time works great when your running X or 
> whatever, but what is it really doing in the background?  How do I setup 
> automatic time synchronization from the command line?
Modify the file /etc/ntp.conf and make sure ntpd is running.

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rgds
Stephen

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008, Tim Alberts wrote:
>The GUI tool to set date time works great when your running X or 
>whatever, but what is it really doing in the background?  How do I setup 
>automatic time synchronization from the command line?
A method I frequently use to figure out what's going on under the covers is
to create a file to use as a time stamp, modify something with a GUI, then
use find to see what has been changed.

touch /tmp/timestamp
# do something GUIish
find /etc -newer /tmp/timestamp > /tmp/changelist

Bill
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