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flexibility in terms of how the product is installed. For customers who prefer to more
closely control the installation process, the TimeSync for Linux CD also contains a tar
archive of the product files. You can extract the contents of this and then install the
product as you wish.
To install TimeSync using the RPM-based installer, proceed as follows:
1. Place the CD into the CD drive on the Linux system.
2. Mount the CD if your system is not configured to do so automatically, for example:
[root tmp]# mount /mnt/cdrom
3. Change to the WS_SW directory on the CD, for example:
[root tmp]# cd /mnt/cdrom/WS_SW
4. Use rpm to install TimeSync on your system, for example:
[root WS_SW]# rpm --install TimeSync-1.3.203-1.i386.rpm
The following files will be installed into the /usr/bin/timesync directory:
File Name Description
ReadMe.txt The product README file
timecom TimeCom object file
timesync TimeSync process object file
timesync.conf TimeSync configuration file
TimeSync User’s Guide.pdf TimeSync manual (this document) in PDF format
In addition, the TimeSync initialization script file, named timesync, will be installed to
the /etc/init.d directory, and TimeSync will be added to the list of services/daemons to
be started when the system boots.
5. Dismount the CD if your system is not configured to do so automatically, for example:
[root WS_SW]# cd /tmp
[root tmp]# eject /mnt/cdrom
6. Edit the TimeSync configuration file, timesync.conf, and create a custom configuration
for the system as described in Configuring TimeSync .
7. If you will be running TimeSync with client mode enabled (i.e. TimeSync will be
updating the local system time), you should disable the built-in Linux NTP client to
avoid potential erratic changes to system time.