Using the Network Time Protocol will ensure that precise time syncs exist on your Linux and Windows Server, crucial if you want your Linux machine to connect to a Windows domain. There are plenty of ...

Note: This article was first published in the October 2016 issue of Linux Journal. Network time synchronization—aligning your computer's clock to the same Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) that ...

You're a typical system administrator, with a million and two urgent things to do before you get to go home for the day. Next on your list is bringing up a new NTP server for your department so your ...

Last week’s column introduced NTP, the Network Time Protocol and the concept of highly accurate timekeeping. While numerous commands exist to help system administrators maintain fairly accurate time ...

Topic ===== possibility of remote root exploit in ntpd (time synchronization). Problem Description ===== NTP (network time protocol) daemons such as ntp and xntp3 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow ...

That wraps up the three blocks of time in our diagram: hardware, managing and sources. Let's circle back around for a sequel to managing time by opening a terminal for some more management. First ...

Setting up a Unix system to be an NTP client is generally straightforward. On those Unix platforms that include NTP in the default configuration, you may only need to make a few adjustments to NTP’s ...