HOWTO Syncronise Clocks

Martin Rodgers

Revision History
Revision 0.012002-01-31Revised by: mcr
Added a new section: Running the script. Added plain text and postscript formats.
Revision 0.022006-08-29Revised by: mcr
Fixed a spelling mistake. Relocated online home (now in a subdir)

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright Information
1.2. Disclaimer
1.3. New Versions
1.4. Credits
1.5. Feedback
1.6. Translations
2. Synchronising clocks
2.1. The protocol
2.2. The software
2.3. The script
2.4. Running the script
3. Concluding Remarks

1. Introduction

1.1. Copyright Information

This document is Copyright (c) 2001, 2006 by Martin Rodgers. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

1.2. Disclaimer

No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk. As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely, the author(s) do not take any responsibility for that.

All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners, unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.

Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.

You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before major installation and backups at regular intervals.

1.3. New Versions

This an early first draft.

The latest version number of this document can be found in the HOWTO section of my homepage.

The newest version of this HOWTO will always be made available on my website, in a variety of formats:

1.4. Credits

In this version I have the pleasure of acknowledging: nobody (yet).

1.5. Feedback

Feedback is most certainly welcome for this document. Without your submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. Please send your additions, comments and criticisms to the following email address : .

1.6. Translations

No translations exist at this point in time.