"djmjr" <deeper-blue@excite.com> wrote in message news:<KVJBb.492783$HS4.3779639@attbi_s01>...
> Hi All-
>
> We are running AIX 4.2.1 on a stand-alone F40 machine. I would like to have
> the clock automatically updated using the atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado
> or another reliable time server. Is the operating system equipped to handle
> this on it's own, and if so how does one set it up? Or, is there a program
> available to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dave Mason

First, edit /etc/ntp.conf last lines should appear like so;

# Default NTP configuration file.
#
# Broadcast client, no authentication.
#
#broadcastclient
server server.ofyourchoice.com
driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
tracefile /etc/ntp.trace

Next Uncomment line in rc.tcpip so that service always starts ;

# Start up Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon
# start /usr/sbin/xntpd "$src_running" uncomment this linwe

=IF is down set time and start service manually;

# lssrc -s xntpd
Subsystem Group PID Status
xntpd tcpip inoperative

Service is not running, so start it, or refresh it if you made changes
to /etc/ntp.conf

# startsrc -s xntpd
0513-059 The xntpd Subsystem has been started. Subsystem PID is 14420.
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