2.4.2 NTP Protocol

The NTP Protocol (Network Time Protocol) can be used to keep our system clock synchronized with several time server available in the Internet.

Use the network time server to keep system clock accuracy.

root@server:~# aptitude install ntpdate ntp-doc

Firstly, check the Timezone configuration.

Then synchronize system clock with on of the several timeservers from the ntp.org pool:

root@server:~# ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org
28 Oct 12:09:17 ntpdate[2493]: adjust time server 194.117.9.136 offset -0.030742 sec

• Wikipedia: Network Time Protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntp)
• NTP: The Network Time Protocol (http://www.ntp.org/)