[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a server running NTP 4.2.2 (as part of the RedHat 5.7 release).  Last 
> night I changed it's /etc/ntp.conf file, specifically the "server xyz" line 
> to point to a new NTP server.
>
> After doing this, the clock's offset was *increasing* after an hour.  Offset 
> is measured by "ntpdate -q peer".

This is a wellknown problem.
When you do a couple of ntpd shutdown/restarts e.g. because you
a experimenting with different server configurations, the combination
of ntpd and the kernel goes haywire and it will actually steer the time
the wrong way.

Just wait a day or so, and it will have solved itself.

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