ntp.rst
author Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:48:55 +0200
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Added NTP set day howto.

-*- outline -*-

* What is NTP?

NTP is a protocol to set time on host using publicaly available NTP servers with right
time.

* How use?

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

0.debian.pool.ntp.org 1.debian.pool.ntp.org 2.debian.pool.ntp.org
uk.pool.ntp.org       ua.pool.ntp.org

Soem servers in national - can be found as ISO 639 code with .pool.ntp.org suffix.


** Debian.

Install ntpdate package:

  $ sudo apt-get install ntpdate

and sync date with some NTP server:

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