On 2/8/07, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> > Paul M Foster wrote:
> >
> >> Folks:
> >>
> >> My wife's computer time is slipping, regardless of what I do.
> >> According to ps ax, it's running the following:
> >>
> >> /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -u 116:116 -g
> >>
> >> The server(s) being queries are pool.ntp.org.
> >>
> >> With the -g parameter, if the network time and machine time are far
> >> off from each other, ntp should simply reset the time properly. But
> >> that's not what's happening.
> >
> >
> > ntpd only "drifts" the clock slowly to bring time into sync with remote
> > clocks.
> >
> > If your system clock is "too far off", you should use ntpdate to set
> > your clock:
> >
> > /etc/init.d/ntpd stop # stop ntpd
> > ntpdate pool.ntp.org # sync your system clock to the remote ntp
> > servers
> > hwclock --systohc # set your CMOS RTC to the system clock
> > /etc/init.d/ntpd start # restart ntpd to keep the system clock
> > in sync with remote servers
> >
> > Now your clock should stay in sync.
> >
>
> If I'm gonna do that, I might as well scrap ntpd and run ntpdate every hour.
>
> But my understanding of the -g option (per the man page) is that if the
> time discrepancy exceeds the 1000 second limit, the daemon exits,
> *unless* this option is specified. This option allows the daemon to set
> the time value "without restriction".
>
> Moreover, if the ntpd daemon periodically checks time and adjusts it,
> and slews or steps the time (what's the difference?), and it keeps being
> bad, the daemon should be able to query the time servers more
> frequently. But I can't find an option to increase the frequency with
> which ntpd consults time servers.
>
> Any ideas?
>
I run it as a cron job...
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