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   From: Dan N    
   Subject: Re: time server   
   Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:14:02 +0900   
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   On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:15:14 +0000, Franz Fripplfrappl wrote:   
      
   > I've only had Ubuntu on this box for 3 weeks or so.  At first the clock   
   > was in sync with Internet server(s), not it's not.  In fact, the clock has   
   > gained nearly 20 minutes in past day or so.   
      
   I've never had much success with getting an ntp server going.  An easy   
   alternative it to write a cron task that uses ntpdate to update the time   
   at a regular interval.   
      
   Dan   
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