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From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion
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Nick Khamis wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp
> server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are
> considered viable. I did see the
> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization.
> Our services are quite time sensitive.
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> N.
>
>

net-misc/ntp
net-misc/openntpd
net-misc/chrony

One of those should work.  I think the plain ntp has been around the
longest.  I couldn't get it to work right on my rig so I switched to
chrony.  Basically, I would try ntp first then go from there if needed.

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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