On Thursday 16 August 2007 16:16, Sloan wrote:
> Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > The Thursday 2007-08-16 at 11:48 -0700, Sloan wrote:
> > >>> rcntpd restart
> > >>
> > >> Which will not work at all if he is not using ntpd.
> > >
> > > IIUC the discussion concerned how to best restart ntpd. The OP was
> > > concerned about the accuracy of time on his linux system, and ntpd (or
> > > periodic ntpdate) is the obvious answer.
> >
> > No, it isn't. Not if he has a missaligned "/etc/adjtime", as he surely
> > has, and that is not solved by restarting ntpd a hundred times. Everytime
> > he boots up the time would be bad again.
>
> I've not seen that condition in 10 years among the few hundred linux
> boxes here, but should /etc/adjtime actually be defective, one could
> just nuke it and be good to go. I'd be more concerned with the root
> cause, i.e. how did /etc/adjtime get corrupted in the first place.
>

Hi Joe,

that was problem occasionally after some kernel updates that triggered 
avalanche of complains on shifting clock. I had that 2 times, and above 
procedure helped every time. 

If it doesn't help than we can go and figure out what was the root cause. 

-- 
Regards,
Rajko.
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