Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > Does "jump the clock" mean that the time is synced hard, ignoring > timestamps?
Yes. Ntpdate is as likely to set the clock back as it is to put it forward. Your applications might be able to cope with a second being only 800ms long, but databases and the like get very upset if they "know" the time's 18:01:56 and suddenly it's now only 18:01:55 (for example). Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/lt44i9x0aq....@news.roaima.co.uk
