Ntpd
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packages: ntp daemons: ntpd ports: udp 123 other: NTP - Network Time Protocol. hierarchical structure of sources called strata. stratum 0 - atomic or gps clocks stratum 1 - servers obtain time from stratum 0 stratum 2 - clients/servers obtain time from stratum 1, etc. supports up to 256 strata. lower strata not necessarily more reliable configs: /etc/ntp.conf - config file contains lines specifying servers to get time from. server <domain-name> restrict <addr> netmask <mask> nomodify notrap - allows another host to query your system for time information commands: hwclock - command used to work with bios system clock ntpq -p - shows the servers the system is synchronized with ntpdate -u <domain-name> - corrects the system date/time. must stop ntpd first. ntpdate may need to be run several times