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Quick Way To Startup: Network Time Protocol (NTP) Services

Here is a quick way to start up NTP services at a shell prompt. Just type in the "lntpd" bash alias. Further one liner "aliases" can be found in the NST "README" file or type in the "nstusage" bash function.

Example:

Alias: "lntpd" Usage

[root@probe ~]# lntpd

ntpd: Synchronizing with time server:                      [  OK  ]
Starting ntpd:                                             [  OK  ]

[root@probe ~]#

[root@probe ~]# ntpq -pn

     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 88.198.18.245   6.146.224.0      3 u    5   64    1  113.915   68.354   0.002
 24.123.214.97   129.6.15.29      2 u    4   64    1   73.682   38.248   0.002
 62.112.194.64   193.67.79.202    2 u    3   64    1  128.611  -19.668   0.002

[root@probe ~]#

--Rwh 14:20, 25 February 2007 (EST)