>I think that the one you want is: >ntpdate -b > >That will force the system clock to reset even if it is off by more >than the maximum allowed step. It is normally used at boot time when >you want the time to be set correctly immediately since the existing >state of the clock is unknown.
# killall ntpd No matching processes were found # date Fri Sep 20 13:15:32 CDT 2002 (always 30 minutes behind wall clock) # ll /etc/localtime lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 35 Sep 20 13:17 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Chicago # date 1346 Fri Sep 20 13:46:00 CDT 2002 # ntpdate -b time.nist.gov 20 Sep 13:16:44 ntpdate[91924]: step time server 192.43.244.18 offset 1780.295789 sec thanks anyway.... Len ____________________________________________________________________ www.menandmice.com/DNS-training : DNS Training BIND8NT.MEIway.com: Secure config ; DNS and mail interactions IMGate.MEIway.com : Free, proven config for anti-mail-abuse gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
