Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:09:17 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <haimat@lame.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to update system time? Message-ID: <20040910140917.67d1139a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200409102000.52343.haimat@lame.at> References: <200409101942.51769.haimat@lame.at> <2301747004091010514a3271d@mail.gmail.com> <200409102000.52343.haimat@lame.at>
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"Matthias F. Brandstetter" <haimat@lame.at> 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 to reach the ntp server. try pool.ntp.org > > The computer _is_ able to reach the ntp server. > See this example: > > [ 17:34 mx2@ebox ~ ] date > Fri Sep 10 17:35:00 CEST 2004 > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] rdate time.fu-berlin.de > Fri Sep 10 19:57:55 2004 > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] rdate -s time.fu-berlin.de > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] date > Fri Sep 10 17:35:27 CEST 2004 > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] ntpdate time.fu-berlin.de > 10 Sep 17:35:42 ntpdate[8708]: no server suitable for synchronization found > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] > > I really wonder why system time isn't set, because as said I use the rdate > tool on another FreeBSD machine and the same time server w/o any > problems... > > Any other ideas? 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") -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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