xntpd -- Was: rdate: Connection refused

From: Jeffrey Hundstad <jeffrey.hundstad_at_mankato.msus.edu>
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 10:40:37 -0500 (CDT)

I'd recommend using xntpd on both the Linux and DU4.0B host. This will
keep both machines synchronized to a network atomic clock. Xntpd will
take a little memory but the accuracy and constant time sync are worth
the memory footprint.

 -- Jeffrey

On 6 Aug, Xihong Yang wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks to Stan Horwitz <stan_at_thunder.ocis.temple.edu> for the quick
> reply. He said rdate using rsh to authenticate the remote host. I
> need to put the remote host in root .rhost.
>
> My original question:
>
>> Greeting! I want to synchronize our Linux box with a machine running
>> DU4.0B. But when I enter "rdate DU_host" command from Linux, it returns
>> error message "rdate; Connection refused". How to set up internet time
>> service to allow remote host to run rdate?
Received on Thu Aug 06 1998 - 15:44:35 NZST

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