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> > We have 3 Linux 5.2 Pent II servers using Samba to share files with a
Dual
> > processor 500Mhz NT 4.0 domain controller server .  Each Linux server
> > Polls the out side world using the network, internet, and modems. The
> > poling is done at consistent time hacks every day 365 days a year on
each
> > server.  The clocks drift constantly and eventually the times overlap
and
> > ultimately one or all the servers break the Samba link or lock up a
modem.
> > Thus, no more data until server(s) are rebooted. Is there a no-brainer
way
> > to sync the time on these computers. I,m 7 years away from my Unix
years
> > and a bit week in my Linux.  Kind of forced to make things
happen "NOW"
> > and I'm not back up to par yet.

> Look into xntpd, chrony, and Linux time tools generally:

> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Clock.html

> I just configured xntpd on my network of three computers. I wouldn't say
> it was a "no-brainer," but it was no worse than configuring most other
> Linux daemons. You should probably set up one system to grab the time
from
> an external site, and configure the others to grab the time from the
first
> system. There are NTP client packages for most OSs, not just UNIX/Linux.
> The first site I referenced has a sub-page that lists such clients for a
> variety of OSs.

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