From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 10 21:32:07 2004 Return-Path: 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 B6C6B16A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:32:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outmx021.isp.belgacom.be (outmx021.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.2.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2898C43D5C for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:32:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geert@lori.mine.nu) Received: from outmx021.isp.belgacom.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) with ESMTP id i8ALVwN2027981 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:31:58 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from lori.mine.nu (119-137.244.81.adsl.skynet.be [81.244.137.119]) with ESMTP id i8ALVmua027905; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:31:48 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: by lori.mine.nu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 066EC8CF; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:31:47 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:31:47 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx To: "Matthias F. Brandstetter" Message-ID: <20040910213147.GB28469@lori.mine.nu> References: <200409101942.51769.haimat@lame.at> <2301747004091010514a3271d@mail.gmail.com> <200409102000.52343.haimat@lame.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409102000.52343.haimat@lame.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-GPG-Key: http://lori.mine.nu/gnupgkey.asc X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/766C1E92 X-Accept-Language: nl,en cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to update system time? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:32:07 -0000 On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:00:52PM +0200, Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote: > ---------- quoting Shantanoo ---------- > > Is the computer properly networked? can it ping yahoo.com? > > Yeah it is properly networked. I am connected via SSH now. > And of course I can ping yahoo.com and other sites. > > > the computer is not able to reach the ntp server. try pool.ntp.org > > The computer _is_ able to reach the ntp server. > See this example: > > [ 17:34 mx2@ebox ~ ] date > Fri Sep 10 17:35:00 CEST 2004 > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] rdate time.fu-berlin.de > Fri Sep 10 19:57:55 2004 > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] rdate -s time.fu-berlin.de > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] date > Fri Sep 10 17:35:27 CEST 2004 > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] ntpdate time.fu-berlin.de > 10 Sep 17:35:42 ntpdate[8708]: no server suitable for synchronization found > [ 17:35 mx2@ebox ~ ] > > I really wonder why system time isn't set, because as said I use the rdate > tool on another FreeBSD machine and the same time server w/o any > problems... > > Any other ideas? > Greetings, Matthias Note that rdate and ntpdate don't use the same protocol. rdate uses RFC 868, whereas ntpdate uses RFC 2030 ("NTP"). So maybe this server doesn't offer both? GH