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4 After having created a new certificate, restart SMT using the rcsmt restart
6.3.4 Synchronizing Time Between SMT
There is no need for a precise synchronization of time between the SMT server and
clients. However, each server certificate has a validity period and if the client happens
to be set to a time outside of this period, the certificate validation on the client side fails.
Therefore, it is advisable to keep the time on the server and clients synchronized. You
can easily synchronize time using NTP (network time protocol). Use yast2
ntp-client to configure an NTP client. You will find detailed information about
NTP in Installation and Administration.
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command. Restarting SMT ensures that the new certificate is copied from /etc/
ssl/certs/YaST-CA.pem to /srv/www/htdocs/smt.crt, the copy
SMT uses. Restarting SMT also restarts the Web server.
Server and Clients