if you have ntp setup you may need to do a single ntpdate -b
or ntpd -q to get the clock within a reasonable limit so ntpd can run properly man (8) ntpd man (8) ntpdate Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer Bytecraft Systems P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." Albert Einstein -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jekillen > Sent: Monday, 8 May 2006 2:11 PM > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: resetting clock after power outage > > Hello; > I have a problem that I can't, so far find and answer to. > How do you reset the system clock after a power outage has > caused it to loose time? > I have a machine that went down a month or so ago and since > have noticed that the time stamp on such things as mail to > the root account, and log entries is way behind what it should be. > The system is FreeBSD v6.0 and does not have Xwindows > installed on it. So I need to find out how to reset the clock > from the command line. I thought I could do it with > sysinstall but I don't see an option for actually setting the > time, only the time zone. > I presume that it is important, now, as I am running named on > it as a master server and I believe it is important that it > be in sync with the slave server running on another machine > that was off at the time of the outage. > I thought maybe the bios had something to do with it but > haven't seen a way to reset the time in the bios either. > Thanks for assistance in advance; > JK > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.*** > --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ***This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal.*** _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
