ntp inquiry

[Anthony]

Date runs on port 13. You can write a script that can
ntp anywhere safely, even using telnet to pickup the
time:

telnet server.wherever:13>dumpfile or tee
exit


--- JM <jerome-mhXWc29+iYPyG1zEObXtfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> 	i have a ntp server that syncs with singapore and
> in the philippines.. just 
> recently i have a cron job the that executes
> twice... im wondering if syncing 
> on 2 diff countries is a bad idea.. how does ntp
> poll for time?
> 
> tia,
> --
> The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings:
> http://tlug.ss.org
> TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text
> below 80 columns
> How to UNSUBSCRIBE:
> http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml
> 

--
The Toronto Linux Users Group.      Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org
TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns
How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml