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     4 =====

     5  NTP

     6 =====

     7 .. contents::

     8    :local:

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    10 What is NTP?

    11 ============

    12 

    13 NTP is a protocol to synchronizing the clocks on host using publicly

    14 available NTP servers.

    15 

    16 How use?

    17 ========

    18 

    19 To use you must know NTP servers. Here list some of them::

    20 

    21   0.debian.pool.ntp.org 1.debian.pool.ntp.org

    22   2.debian.pool.ntp.org

    23   uk.pool.ntp.org       ua.pool.ntp.org

    24 

    25 Some servers are national. They can be found as ISO 639 code with .pool.ntp.org

    26 suffix.

    27 

    28 Under Debian

    29 ============

    30 

    31 Install ``ntpdate`` package::

    32 

    33   $ sudo apt-get install ntpdate

    34 

    35 and sync date with some NTP server::

    36 

    37   # sudo ntpdate 0.debian.pool.ntp.org

    38 

    39 Under Windows

    40 =============

    41 

    42 See:

    43 

    44   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q216734/

    45     Windows Time Service Tools and Settings.

    46   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q223184/

    47     How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows 2000.

    48   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307897/

    49     How to synchronize the time with the Windows Time service in Windows XP.

    50   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216734/

    51     How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows 2000.

    52