System time running fast

[Tanmoy Chatterjee]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Tanmoy Chatterjee:
>>> I have not done this though. Is it necessary?
>
> suvayu ali:
>> As I mentioned, its recommended but not necessary. With ntpd turned on
>> your clock will be kept synchronised with other time servers on the
>> internet. This is a good way to keep your system clock synchronised
>> without worrying about it.
>
> And, so long as your computer stays close to real time, NTP will keep it
> exactly on real time, and you'll never have to set your clock again.
>
> Only if the computer's clock get seriously out of step will NTP abandon
> trying to keep it on time, automatically.  Though, you can configure
> things so that each boot up the clock is forced to real time, and NTP
> then keeps it on time.
>
> In a era where you're surrounded by equipment with clocks, it's nice to
> have at least some of them take care of themselves.  If you have several
> computers, it's useful for fault finding if all their logs have
> synchronised timestamps in their logs.  And if you ever have to submit
> something like a firewall log to someone to trace an attack, they're not
> going to want it unless it's timestamps are precise.  A NTP synchronised
> clock will do the job for you.
Thank you very much. Things are clearer to me now.
Thanks again.
>
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> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
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