Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 09:49:09 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Caleb Walker <cwalker@powercomenergy.com> Cc: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: xntpd problems Message-ID: <20000504094909.A18453@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <003501bfb546$600e95d0$3201a8c0@iscaleb> References: <20000503141000.A32609@wopr.caltech.edu> <003501bfb546$600e95d0$3201a8c0@iscaleb>
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On Wednesday, 3 May 2000 at 14:27:24 -0700, Caleb Walker wrote: > On Wednesday, May 03, 2000 2:10 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: >> On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 02:02:14PM -0700, Caleb Walker wrote: >> >>> does any body know why I gets this message when the xntpd stops: >>> >>> : time error 25117.143550 is way too large (set clock manually) >> >> Your clock is off by 7 hours, and xntpd will not make corrections >> that large, because it assumes something besides the usual clock >> drift is amiss. >> >> Perhaps you want your clock to be Pacific Daylight Time, but have >> set your UTC clock to PDT instead? Try running "date" with no >> arguments: >> >> $ date >> Wed May 3 14:08:18 PDT 2000 >> >> If the time matches the clock on the wall, but the timezone isn't >> right for where you are, try copying /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles >> to /etc/localtime, and using the "date" command to set the time; the >> example in the manual page gives: >> >> # The command: >> # >> # date 1432 >> # >> # sets the time to 2:32 PM, without modifying the date. >> >> Run "date" to make sure it's sane, and fire up xntpd again. > > How would go about setting it to PDT? # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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