Re: [CentOS] NTP Service Running on Local Host does not Sync System Time

2016-01-27 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 01/27/2016 02:12 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: In C7 i have no idea In C7, "-g" appears to be an argument to ntpd, by default. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] NTP Service Running on Local Host does not Sync System Time

2016-01-27 Thread Traiano Welcome
Hi List I have ntp running as a service on a PC, with the expectation that it would keep time in synch to my ntp server. However, while I can manually update the time using "ntpdate -u ...", I find that if I manually force the wrong time, the ntpd service does not automatically re-synch the

Re: [CentOS] NTP Service Running on Local Host does not Sync System Time

2016-01-27 Thread Tony Mountifield
In article <56a88188.6070...@hogranch.com>, John R Pierce wrote: > On 1/27/2016 12:25 AM, Traiano Welcome wrote: > > I'm tempted to stick an "ntpdate -u ..." in the crontab to force > > time-synch, but I don't see why that's needed if ntpd service should > > already be

Re: [CentOS] NTP Service Running on Local Host does not Sync System Time

2016-01-27 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/27/2016 12:25 AM, Traiano Welcome wrote: I'm tempted to stick an "ntpdate -u ..." in the crontab to force time-synch, but I don't see why that's needed if ntpd service should already be fulfilling that purpose. ntpd won't make drastic changes in the time, if its too far off. its

Re: [CentOS] NTP Service Running on Local Host does not Sync System Time

2016-01-27 Thread Dirk Deimeke
On 2016-01-27 09:36, John R Pierce wrote: Hi! ntpd won't make drastic changes in the time, if its too far off. its designed to stabilize the clock by making small changes in speeding it up or slowing it down, and not 'staircase' setting it absolutely.

Re: [CentOS] NTP Service Running on Local Host does not Sync System Time

2016-01-27 Thread James Hogarth
On 27 January 2016 at 08:53, Dirk Deimeke wrote: > On 2016-01-27 09:36, John R Pierce wrote: > > Hi! > >> ntpd won't make drastic changes in the time, if its too far off. its >> designed to stabilize the clock by making small changes in speeding it >> up or slowing it down, and

Re: [CentOS] NTP Service Running on Local Host does not Sync System Time

2016-01-27 Thread James Hogarth
On 27 January 2016 at 08:36, John R Pierce wrote: > On 1/27/2016 12:25 AM, Traiano Welcome wrote: >> >> I'm tempted to stick an "ntpdate -u ..." in the crontab to force >> time-synch, but I don't see why that's needed if ntpd service should >> already be fulfilling that