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howtos:hardware:syncing_hardware_clock_and_system_local_time [2013/01/11 17:47 (UTC)] – [Procedure to Synchronize the System Time to Hardware Clock] hazelhowtos:hardware:syncing_hardware_clock_and_system_local_time [2024/02/25 20:32 (UTC)] (current) – arg -u to ntpdate in case of daemon already running drbeco
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 **Update via NTP:** If you installed the ntp package you can: \\ **Update via NTP:** If you installed the ntp package you can: \\
      ntpdate pool.ntp.org      ntpdate pool.ntp.org
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 +If you get the error ''"the NTP socket is in use, exiting"'', you probably is already running the NTP daemon. In that case, as root, use:
 +     ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org
 -or- \\ -or- \\
 **Manual update:** \\ **Manual update:** \\

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