Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:50:01 -0600 From: Eric <heli@mikestammer.com> To: Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD date drifts significantly Message-ID: <45634A59.3010707@mikestammer.com> In-Reply-To: <39854.56921.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <39854.56921.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Neil Short wrote: > my FreeBSD date drifts out of sync with the system > date. > > When I set it, it is absolutely correct and matches > the system (CMOS) date. I then reboot and - shezam! > it's jumped 12 hours forward. Reboot again - another > 12 hour jump ... until the FreeBSD date is about 2 and > a half days beyond today's date - and the CMOS date. > > When I set up the system I said that the system clock > is NOT set to UTC - but just to be sure, I went back > into sysinstall and re-set the time zone the same way > (MST - Arizona). > > I suspect this has something to do with maybe the > server that is synchronizing my time; but I don't > recall how to synchronize my time with an up-stream > server. Can't find documentation on it either. > > Any pointers? > man ntpd has your answers. my /etc/ntp.conf looks like: server us.pool.ntp.org server 0.pool.ntp.org server 1.pool.ntp.org driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift things stay synced up tight on my machine
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