yes -----Original Message----- From: Bob Elzer Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:24 PM To: "'Steven A. DuChene'" , 'Main PLUG discussion list' Subject: RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? Are you running ntpdate as root ? From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Steven A. DuChene Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:17 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? I ran the following: ntpdate -v -d dewey.lib.ci.phoenix.az.us ntp.drydog.com and it looked for and found both hosts but then just sits there with no other output. -- Steve -----Original Message----- From: Eric Cope Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:10 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? You can force an update, instead of waiting on the incremental changes. But, as noted below, it may affect services. Eric On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: ntp also adjusts your clock gradually so it won't immediately jump to the correct time. This is to prevent problems with services (like cron and logging) that depend on a clock that doesn't suddenly change. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Alex Dean wrote: > Try tailing /var/log/messages (you said this was fedora, right?) > when you start up the ntp daemon. It can take a while (>1 minute > sometimes) for the time servers to synchronize, but you should see > some log activity during that time to show you that it's working. > > alex --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss