Why not just install xntpd, run it as a daemon, and it will update every few seconds. From what I can tell it has a light footprint or demand on system resources. That doesn't solve the original problem though. Whatever the problem, it sounds like you need to do a:
#hwclock --hctosys after you have reconfigured your system time to set the hardware clock to the correct time. And -- what is this about rebooting a server? This is Linux: [david@Nemesis david]$ uptime 7:53pm up 359 days, 4:34, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Jerry Kreps wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 18 June 2002 11:01 am, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: > > Ladies and Gents, > > I'm having the following problem: Time changes every time I reboot the > > server. I keep changing it back, but the problem still persists. I did > > work with hwclock, tzselect and all that. I can do "export TZ=MDT" to > > change the timezone, but as soon as I log out, it kicks back so it seems > > that this is only for the user. This is really messing my day up. Can > > someone point me in the right direction so I can RTFM about this. Again, > > here is the problem: > > > > 1.) I can't keep the timezone set correctly on the server. Does it get its > > values from the hardware clock? > > > > THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! > > > > Regards, > > Vasiliy Boulytchev > > Colorado Information Technologies Inc. > > Installed xntp, if it wan't already installed. > I have a script in /etc/cron/cron.hourly called settime with the execute > attribute set. The script contains: > #!/bin/bash > /usr/sbin/ntpdate -b 199.240.130.1 > > In the config file /etc/ntp.conf I added the two server lines below 'fudge' > server 127.127.1.0 # local clock > fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 > server 199.240.130.1 # ntp1.kansas.net > server 199.240.130.12 # ntp2.kansas.net > in case I ever make xntpd an active service. > But, once an hour, my clock gets the latest setting from a time server. > > - -- > JLK > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9D52uq1Ef6ZbWHeERAi0oAJ0fKud1yNEn5+c49qcWrvfouOCq+QCg426V > 6dfP4uzOnrp+L12CdjgSiE0= > =+XUO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 1329 N. University, Suite D4 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax
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