Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:37:29 +0200 From: Tarjei Jensen <tarjei99@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: FAQ section 10.17 : I cannot change the time on my system by more than one second! How do I get around this? Message-ID: <CAGxNqfD1hA_YK0WTRvdkP2Uy_7tcPOSuZ5_Y1jjT2SnXCpS76w@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Changing the time can be done by root executing /usr/sbin/ntpd. It will depend on the /etc/ntp.conf file having functioning ntp servers. ntpd -n -g -g will set the time and not fork (-n option). It logs to stdout or stderr and this output can be seen by the user. When the time and date is ok, use ^C to stop the program. This command can be necessary with all computers that don't have a real time clock. e.g. The Raspberry PI computers. It may be worthwhile for owners to modify the startup script to start the ntpd daemon with the -g -g options as standard. This is done by adding or modifying the ntpd_flags variable : in /etc/rc.d/ntpd The long term solution is to make sure ntpd is running as a daemon by modifying the /etc/rc.conf file and adding ntpd_enable="YES" ntpd can then be started on the command line with the command service ntpd start Greetings,
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