Brian said: > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:21:09 -0800 (PST) > "Charlie Bebber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charlie> > Charlie> Interesting. I don't know what it is then, but xntp3 works > and ntp doesn't. > > You should be able to get ntp working, too.
It's not the fact that it's not working. It'll sync to a remote time server, but when ntp runs on a local server and local nodes are trying to sync with it, there's no love. But for some reason, xntp3 doesn't have that problem. > Charlie> So running ntp will keep running ntpdate every so often to > keep synced with Charlie> the server listed in /etc/ntp.conf? From > what I've read, with ntp, you have Charlie> to now have to have ntpdate > in a cronjob. > > In a properly setup system ntp changes your clock slowly so it does not > jump to keep up with correct time. You dont' need any crontab entry > for it. As long as ntpd is running there should be constant small > adjustments to the clock's speed - fractions of a second changes. > > ntpq -p will tell you how things are doing in that area. I had ntp installed on probably half a dozen machines and all of them had different times set. Again, it'll sync with a remote server and not a local one, but even the ones that sync with the remote server don't get synced constantly and the clock begins to drift after a few months of uptime. And it doesn't seem to be just ntp in Mandrake. Browsing the comp.protocols.time.ntp newsgroup, it seems like a tonne of people are having this problem (not being able to sync locally). Thanks for the reply, -Charlie > > -- > Brian - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > My Home Page: http://www.brimac.com/~brianmac > Fine Photos: http://www.brimacphotography.com > Art for Sale: http://www.artbrowser.com > Classified Advertising: http://www.sellit2000.com > > > A gentleman can disagree without being disagreeable. -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE
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