Monday 21 April, 2008 - 20:27
I have been using Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration (3rd Ed.) to configure NTP on the Central VM image. Refer to pp.394-401.
rpmquery ntp
ntp-4.2.0.a.20040617-4
Editted /etc/ntp.conf to add:
restrict 192.168.100.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap
The ntpd daemon defaults to the local system clock if it cannot find a ntp server. This is what I want to do anyway. The above line should allow penrith1 and penrith2 to access the ntp clock via the Public Penrith LAN segment.
service ntpd restart
chkconfig --level 123456 ntpd off
chkconfig --level 345 ntpd on
vmware-toolbox &
In the Options tab, check the time synchronization box.
date (to check the image clock against the PC clock.)