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From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com>
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alden.pierre wrote:
> /etc/rc.conf contains the following:
>
> ntpdate_enable="YES"
> ntpdate_flags="timex.cs.columbia.edu"
> xntpd_enable="YES"        # Run ntpd Network Time Protocol
>
> /etc/ntpd.conf contains the following:
>
> driftfile    /etc/ntp/drift
> server 65.211.109.1
> server 65.211.109.11
> server 209.51.161.238
> server 128.59.59.177
>
>
> Am I doing something wrong here?  My time seems to go out of sync after
> my FreeBSD 4.10 box has been up for a couple of hours.  Any help would
> be greatly
> appreciated.

It was posted here recenlty that if your security setting is at 1 (?),
then ntp can only change the clock by 1 second...

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