It would be cool if RedHat came with this tiny script /etc/cron.daily/rdate.cron which synchronizes the clock with a server daily: -- #!/bin/sh . /etc/sysconfig/clock if [ "$SERVER" != "" ]; then rdate -s $SERVER setclock fi -- It would be even cooler if linuxconf had a way of setting the SERVER variable in /etc/sysconfig/clock. Yeah, it ain't NTP, but it doesn't require any extra software, it's trivial to configure and it probably satisfies the time-sync needs of 99% of RedHat users.
This really cant be implemented except on an individual basis. Most people dont synchronize their time from a server and those that do use various methods like NTP, rdate, timed and so on. Henri RHBT