You probably have NTP enabled already. Odds are very good that you do. You won't need to configure it. It works just fine and tinkering with it will do you no good.
Your timing is accurate enough. Unless you're a geek with a GPS dongle connected to open sky and running your own NTP server, an electronic trader, a high frequency trader, legal keeper of business records that need precise time, or the likes, you don't need to muck about with NTP. It's enabled and that's a good thing.
But, if you do... If your server install doesn't have it enabled by default (as some may not), this will maybe matter to you.
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Otherwise, most of us aren't going to need to read this article. You can. I appreciate it if you do. You just don't need to. Probably...
Your timing is accurate enough. Unless you're a geek with a GPS dongle connected to open sky and running your own NTP server, an electronic trader, a high frequency trader, legal keeper of business records that need precise time, or the likes, you don't need to muck about with NTP. It's enabled and that's a good thing.
But, if you do... If your server install doesn't have it enabled by default (as some may not), this will maybe matter to you.
How To: Enable NTP In Linux • Linux Tips
Time is very important to the Linux operating system so keeping accurate time is important, which is why we want to enable NTP in Linux.
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Otherwise, most of us aren't going to need to read this article. You can. I appreciate it if you do. You just don't need to. Probably...
