< LPI Linux Certification
Detailed Objectives
(LPIC-1 Version 5.0)
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Description:
Candidates should be able to properly maintain the system time and synchronize the clock via NTP.
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Set the system date and time.
- Set the hardware clock to the correct time in UTC.
- Configure the correct timezone.
- Basic NTP configuration using
ntpd
andchrony
. - Knowledge of using the
pool.ntp.org
service. - Awareness of the
ntpq
command.
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
/usr/share/zoneinfo/
/etc/timezone
/etc/localtime
/etc/ntp.conf
/etc/chrony.conf
date
hwclock
timedatectl
ntpd
ntpdate
chrony
pool.ntp.org
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