NTP

NTP in Slackware

Update clock

Run the command as superuser:

• ntpdate pool.ntp.org

Date and time should be stored in UTC.

Info on slack docs:

• http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:network-services:ntp

Enable the service:

• chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd

Start the service manually:

• /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd start
• /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd status

Add ntp server

• Edit /etc/ntp.conf

• add server pt.pool.ntp.org

Check the offset in milliseconds

• ntpdate -q pt.pool.ntp.org
• ntpq -pn