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How do I change the time in Unix?

 
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Old 02-21-2001
Hi there. This is probably a very stupid question, but...

How do I change or set the time in UNIX? I am taking care of a Sun Ultra 5 running SunOS 5.7 and I can't figure out how to change the time.

Help.
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Old 02-21-2001
CPU & Memory Check out this thread ....
http://forums.unix.com/showthread.php?threadid=269
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Old 03-11-2001
Re: time servers
Thank you for your reply. I am sorry it took a while to respond. Is there any way though that I can synchronize the time on the server with the times on the clocks here?

Thank you.
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Old 03-11-2001
MySQL Re: Re: time servers
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Originally posted by Tannim
Thank you for your reply. I am sorry it took a while to respond. Is there any way though that I can synchronize the time on the server with the times on the clocks here?

Thank you.
Try with ntp (network time protocol). I don knok in sun, try with ntpdate.
 
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