On 9/20/02 at 9:15 AM Len Conrad wrote: >>I think the problem could be the -d (debug) option to ntpdate. Try > ># rm /etc/localtime ># ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago /etc/localtime ># ntpdate time.nist.gov >20 Sep 08:42:52 ntpdate[71492]: step time server 192.43.244.18 offset >1784.223346 sec ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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