? Changing server time ?

[phence]

how can u chage your linux server time?

[JH5]

at shell type "man date" to bring up the help for date... it explains how to set the date.

( without the " " btw )

[JH5]

btw it requires root to change date regular users don't have correct permissions to.

[jstarkey]

You also may wanna consider ntp. It's a way to keep the machine in sync with time servers.

If you go that route, download the app, install and just add this to your cron:

05 00 * /path/to/ntpdate time-a.nist.gov && hwclock --systohc

time-a.nist.gov can be replaced with any time server. Each morning at 5 mins after midnight, it will set the time based on the time server's response.

The hwclock part will write it to the hardware, so that a reboot won't screw up the date.

HTH

[phence]

thank-you guys!