how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
Hi all, first: hello to all FreeBSD users out there ;) After using Linux for several years, I want to try out FreeBSD for some of my servers now. I am coming from Gentoo Linux, so I am somewhat used to the ports system... Ok, now to my first question: I am setting up my 2nd FreeBSD box now. On

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Shantanoo
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:42:51 +0200, Matthias F. Brandstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, first: hello to all FreeBSD users out there ;) After using Linux for several years, I want to try out FreeBSD for some of my servers now. I am coming from Gentoo Linux, so I am somewhat used to the

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
-- quoting Shantanoo -- Is the computer properly networked? can it ping yahoo.com? Yeah it is properly networked. I am connected via SSH now. And of course I can ping yahoo.com and other sites. the computer is not able to reach the ntp server. try pool.ntp.org The computer

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Shantanoo
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:00:52 +0200, Matthias F. Brandstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- quoting Shantanoo -- Is the computer properly networked? can it ping yahoo.com? Yeah it is properly networked. I am connected via SSH now. And of course I can ping yahoo.com and other

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Bill Moran
Matthias F. Brandstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- quoting Shantanoo -- Is the computer properly networked? can it ping yahoo.com? Yeah it is properly networked. I am connected via SSH now. And of course I can ping yahoo.com and other sites. the computer is not able

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Matthias F. Brandstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The computer _is_ able to reach the ntp server. See this example: [ 17:34 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ] date Fri Sep 10 17:35:00 CEST 2004 [ 17:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ] rdate time.fu-berlin.de Fri Sep 10 19:57:55 2004 [ 17:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 10), Lowell Gilbert said: Matthias F. Brandstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The computer _is_ able to reach the ntp server. See this example: [ 17:34 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ] date Fri Sep 10 17:35:00 CEST 2004 [ 17:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ] rdate

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
-- quoting Bill Moran -- Is your securelevel set very high? A high securelevel will prevent drastic changes to the system clock (although I don't remember what is specifically considered drastic) ok, a look into man securelevel gave the answer: in kernel securelevel 2 or

Re: how to update system time?

2004-09-10 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:00:52PM +0200, Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: -- quoting Shantanoo -- Is the computer properly networked? can it ping yahoo.com? Yeah it is properly networked. I am connected via SSH now. And of course I can ping yahoo.com and other sites. the