Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:23:09 -0500 From: Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> To: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time servers nearish Vancouver Message-ID: <20020324212309.1833ffa7.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020324112056.0199b938@threespace.com> References: <20020322200120.D17681@rain.macguire.net> <20020323033242.31E383F29@bast.unixathome.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020324112056.0199b938@threespace.com>
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--,F40XHtR.WBd=.89 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:25:01 -0600 Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> wrote: > At 10:17 PM 3/22/2002, Dan Langille wrote: > >I'm using: > > > >$ more /etc/ntp.conf > >server ntp.cpsc.ucalgary.ca > >server time.chu.nrc.ca > >server time.nrc.ca > >server timelord.uregina.ca > > Why does this stuff not work for me? I tried running ntpd on a system I > have with a terrible clock, and I still found that the time was off by up > to six minutes in some instances. I was thinking I'd get better results by > running ntpdate as a cron job. > > What's the secret? I've been scouring man pages and docs for days now to > no avail. And how often does this ntp.conf actually update the time? > > << Chip Morton >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > If time is out of sync by more than a certain amount (1000s) ntpd refuses to sync. Perhaps this was your problem. -- Cogeco ergo sum --,F40XHtR.WBd=.89 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8noocumQc9BC5jBMRAnlFAJ9LkZPXLxZYdpVwWKMHI9NEsqfC7gCgv3Ri 6e55CNpdQ1u39bxd6zQqEy4= =WrTf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --,F40XHtR.WBd=.89-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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