Inquiring Minds

[E Frank Ball]

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 09:23:45PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
} On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 09:13:32PM -0800, Sue Bennett wrote:
} > 
} > I am puzzled.  I have my machine set up as a dual bootable 
} > machine with Windows and Linux.  Why did I have to boot up under 
} > Windows in order for Linux to realize that daylight savings time 
} > had ended?  The only thing I can think of is that since the 
} 
} I noticed that my machine at work wasn't set right (it was an hour ahead).
} I chalked it up to the fact that it wasn't turned on when the time changed,
} cuz some random cow-orker shut the machine down some time last week while
} I was out.  (And ungracefully, at that!)
} 
} A quick run of "ntpdate" got things straight.

You should run ntpdate or rdate everytime you boot (assuming you are
connected to a network).  Put it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local if your running
Redhat.

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com