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Let's start keeping time on our server. Otherwise logging and Kerberos won't work as expected and you might forget your coffee break!

If you have a static IP and a somewhat reliable internet connection, you might consider joining the pool.ntp.org initiative. See http://www.pool.ntp.org/ for more information.

Check your timezone settings by issuing:

tzconfig

Install the software:

apt-get install ntp-server ntp-doc

Adjust /etc/ntp.conf for the ntp-servers you want to sync to. Remember to check the policy for their usage! If you want more info about the Debian NTP packages, check the docs at /usr/share/doc/ntp and /usr/share/doc/ntp-doc

/etc/ntp.conf

driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/
statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats
filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable
filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable
filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable
#
# pool.ntp.org maps to more than 100 low-stratum NTP servers.
# Your server will pick a different set every time it starts up.
#  *** Please consider joining the pool! ***
#  ***  <http://www.pool.ntp.org/#join>  ***
server pool.ntp.org
server 127.127.1.0
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
restrict default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery
restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify

Restart the daemon:

/etc/init.d/ntp restart