How do I sync the time for my linux guest VM through VMware Fusion?

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Published on 2010-04-01T14:05:04Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 14:13 UTC
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I have Ubuntu server 9.10 running through VMware Fusion 2.0.6 on my Mac OSX 10.5 host. My linux guest VM's time keep being out of sync. I believe I have VMware tools installed because after running the following on linux in the terminal, I get:

$vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync status
Enabled

What should I do to make sure my time is always in sync?

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