Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 19:38:14 -0800 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: <big-sky@altavista.net>, "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: XNTP help Message-ID: <09fb01bf3952$1342a720$0200000a@danco.home>
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>OK, I'm getting really frustrated. Reading the man for xntpd, I'm left >with the impression that xntpd goes out and gets the time sync every >now and then. However, on my machine, it keeps losing time. After a >reboot, the time is fixed, but then slowly moves ahead of the correct >time. Currently it is 1hr 14minutes ahead and I just rebooted it last >night. > >ps -ax displays: >257 ?? S<s 0:21.19 xntpd -b -c /etc/ntp.conf -f /etc/ntp.drift > >Entry in rc.conf: >xntpd -b -c /etc/ntp.conf -f /etc/ntp.drift > >Entry ntp.conf: >server tick.uh.edu > >Do I need to set up a cron job for this? Did I type something wrong? Do you get any entries from xntpd in /var/log/messages? Is your Internet connection full-time or dial-out? Do you have a firewall with port 123 blocked? Does /etc/ntp.drift exist? Let us know so we can help you home in on your problem... --Dan ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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