From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 21 18:52:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541DE16A49E for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A34543E8E for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:50:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 52119 invoked from network); 21 Nov 2006 18:50:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.98.204 with login) by smtp111.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Nov 2006 18:50:11 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: FeMl0VIVM1ldGKW9I2PZyvlurBackLIuz5byb0y2Xna01Sl.j0H1KSQ6kJeR8XD6xnrxRbXzVTZ3jvXVQcQo2XKyE_nN.Xmr2et7v0CMGD_RSadDpQjIh8W9UeS4K3PHKVDLhu9ZWxpbCSZGtpOKGYM4HH6iGfmjhIE- Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5F5C1146A; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:50:09 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AsR6YNrgAP-g; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:50:06 -0600 (CST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A4B711465; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:50:06 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <45634A59.3010707@mikestammer.com> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:50:01 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neil Short References: <39854.56921.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <39854.56921.qm@web56511.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD date drifts significantly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:52:07 -0000 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