From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 15:15:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0456016A426 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21EB843D45 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:15:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 5957 invoked from network); 4 Apr 2006 01:15:54 +1000 Received: from 210-84-32-140.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (210.84.32.140) by bravurasolutions.co.uk with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 4 Apr 2006 01:15:54 +1000 Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 01:15:51 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Steve Douville" Message-ID: <20060404011551.286d0255@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1c6901c6572c$1c426a50$d701a8c0@sdouvilnonq1> References: <1c6901c6572c$1c426a50$d701a8c0@sdouvilnonq1> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.16; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server time doesn't want to stay set (help!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:15:59 -0000 On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:37:07 -0400 "Steve Douville" wrote: > I've reset it at the BIOS > level, only to have it changed somehow during the boot process. I've > tried setting and resetting it through sysinstall, but nothing helps. but if you do that, then you need to make sure you tell tzsetup your BIOS clock is NOT set to UTC. re-run tzsetup and make sure your options are correctly set. > Running ntpdate doesn't change anything either. if you have the wrong TZ set , or wrong setting, ntpdate won't change anything. NTP rports UTC time, which in conjunction with the TZ settings on your machine, set your local time. > I've looked in my > rc.conf file for anything that might change the time and can't seem > to find anything there. check /etc/defaults/rc.conf if you want rc.conf options. if none of this works, what do ls -l /etc/localtime md5 /etc/localtime show ? beto