From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 1 17:41:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from milquetoast.cs.mcgill.ca (milquetoast.CS.McGill.CA [132.206.2.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A94F37BC83 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 17:41:19 -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 UAA11094 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:41:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:41:18 -0400 From: Mathew KANNER To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: normal for ntpdate? Message-ID: <20000801204118.A10984@cs.mcgill.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.15i Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi All, I set up a new machine today with FreeBSD 4.1 and I noticed something that didn't make sense. The cmos clock was a day ahead, I've repeated this on a -current from the weekend, which follows: bash-2.03# date 0008022030 date: send: Socket is not connected Wed Aug 2 20:30:00 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# ntpdate gps.freebsd.dk 2 Aug 20:30:13 ntpdate[335]: adjust time server 212.242.40.181 offset -86113.11 3843 sec bash-2.03# date Wed Aug 2 20:30:16 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# date 0008012030 date: send: Socket is not connected Tue Aug 1 20:30:00 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# ntpdate gps.freebsd.dk 1 Aug 20:35:24 ntpdate[338]: step time server 212.242.40.181 offset 310.985965 sec bash-2.03# date Tue Aug 1 20:35:25 EDT 2000 bash-2.03# Is this right? --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-questions" in the body of the message