[SPAM] Re: backing up symlinks

[Gerald Combs]

Steven Hildreth wrote:
> If you use Gentoo you can emerge NTP and then set it up to run at boot
> to ensure your date is right on. This snip assumes you are in Central
> Timezone:
> 
> #ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime
> #emerge net-misc/ntp
> #ntpdate ntp1.kansas.net
> #echo "ntpdate ntp1.kansas.net" >> /etc/conf.d/local.start

"pool.ntp.org" might be a better choice.  If the box stays up for any
length of time, you may want to setup ntpd instead.  This should be a
matter of

    emerge net-misc/ntp
    rc-update add ntpd default
    /etc/init.d/ntpd start

under Gentoo.  The default ntpd.conf points to pool.ntp.org by default
nowadays, AFAIK.