using ntp for time around network

[fcalise]

I am looking to have one computer on my network have the time, and I have two other computers which I want to grab the time from my time server. This is just a local network where no machine has access to the Internet. Is ntpd the right service I want to be using to do this? Can anyone point me in the right direction to set this service up properly for my server box? I have been looking around for this but everything seems to discuss grabbing time from some third party server over the Internet which I can not do in this case. Thanks in advance.

[Bachstelze]

Yes, ntpd id the service you want. I don't know of any HOWTO about it, but it is pretty straightforward anyway.

sudo apt-get install ntp

The default configuration should be fine for you. Then, install it on your client machines and configure it to use your server as reference: in /etc/ntp.conf, remove all the "server" lines, and add one like

server 192.168.1.40

Then restart ntpd with

sudo /etc/init.d/ntp restart

You're there.

[fcalise]

Thanks for your help, it is much appreciated. I will give this a try.