From owner-freebsd-current Thu Aug 3 7:25:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from milquetoast.cs.mcgill.ca (milquetoast.CS.McGill.CA [132.206.2.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88D3337B80A for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:25:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mat@milquetoast.cs.mcgill.ca) Received: (from mat@localhost) by milquetoast.cs.mcgill.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA17633 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 10:25:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 10:25:12 -0400 From: Mathew KANNER To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: ntpdate bug(?) Message-ID: <20000803102512.B15819@cs.mcgill.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I posted something similar on -questions but had no reponse. Could someone tell me if this is a bug? Ntpdate won't set the date when the current date is ahead but will set the date when it's behind. I've noticed this on 4.1 and -current from this past weekend. (I'm not talking about the 'send: Socket...' problem). bash-2.03# date Thu Aug 3 10:15:32 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# date 0008041015 date: send: Socket is not connected Fri Aug 4 10:15:00 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# Aug 4 10:15:00 magnet date: date set by root bash-2.03# ntpdate gps.freebsd.dk 4 Aug 10:15:16 ntpdate[404]: adjust time server 212.242.40.181 offset -86356.115919 sec bash-2.03# date Fri Aug 4 10:15:18 EDT 2000 <---- This is what I mean bash-2.03# date 0008011015 date: send: Socket is not connected Tue Aug 1 10:15:00 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# ntpdate gps.freebsd.dk 3 Aug 10:16:25 ntpdate[407]: step time server 212.242.40.181 offset 172878.565883 sec bash-2.03# date Thu Aug 3 10:16:26 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# --Mat -- Mathew Kanner Systems Programmer, SOCS McGill University Obtuse quote: He [not me] understands: "This field of perception is void of perception of man." -- The Quintessence of Buddhism To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message