What time server do you use?

[Christopher Browne]

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>  My "settime" script is...
>
> #!/bin/bash
> date
> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/rdate time.nrc.ca -s
> /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/hwclock --systohc
> date
>
>  time.nrc.ca seems to have stopped working for me.  What servers do you
> use?

Check out "pool.ntp.org"; this provides round-robin access to a decent
set of NTP servers.

For "mission critical" cases, you'd presumably want to arrange access
to a combination of sources (e.g. - radio clock + some specific NTP
servers), but pool.ntp.org should suffice for "ordinary use."
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