On 06/04/12 1:27 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > Additionally, ntp will refuse to sync if it's too far out. Use ntpdate > [server IP] to force the issue first. If the machines have a bad CMOS battery > and won't keep time, ntpdate package can be configured to force time sync > (which is a bad hack) at boot-time.
the standard EL5 /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd script does this automatically, unless its been disabled via /etc/sysconfig/ntpd > After getting the clock in sync, "hwclock --systohc" to push it into the CMOS > clock. setting SYNC_HWCLOCK=yes in said above config file will do this, too. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
