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Subject:    [JaxLUG] Re: Computer clock
From:       Chris de Vidal <cdevidal () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2002-09-30 16:27:05
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--- "N. Thomas" <nthomas@cise.ufl.edu> wrote:
> * Chris de Vidal <cdevidal@yahoo.com> [2002-09-27 21:19:09 -0700]:
> > > The only time you should call ntpdate (or ntpd -q) is if you
> are on a
> > > machine that is not turned on 24/7. Upon booting, call it once
> to set
> > > the proper time, and then turn on ntpd.
> > 
> > How the heck do you keep a system's time current when it is
> running ntpd??
> > It doesn't seem to keep it current (I am checking it by running
> date and
> > I'm not running hwclock --sync).
> 
> Chris, 
> 
> It will take some time for ntpd to synch up. But this also might
> indicate an
> improperly configured conf file. What ntp servers are you pointing
> to? Can
> you run tcpdump to see if the packets are being sent/received
> across the network?

I gave it a week.  The ntp servers I was pointing to were the same as
the ones I used with rdate, and they work perfectly, so I don't think
it is a network problem.

For me, running ntpd on a machine has never let me keep that
machine's time current, and I don't know what I am doing wrong.

CD

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