Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-11 Thread Arun Khan
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:49 PM, John Doe wrote: > From: Arun Khan > >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: >>>  After getting the clock in sync, "hwclock --systohc" to push it >> into the CMOS clock. >> >> +1 >> >> On a PC Engines ALIX board (no battery backup for CMOS) that I am

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-11 Thread John Doe
From: Arun Khan > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: >> After getting the clock in sync, "hwclock --systohc" to push it > into the CMOS clock. > > +1 > > On a PC Engines ALIX board (no battery backup for CMOS) that I am > using as an WiFi AP, I have had to resort to a similar

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-09 Thread Arun Khan
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: > After getting the clock in sync, "hwclock --systohc" to push it into the CMOS > clock. +1 On a PC Engines ALIX board (no battery backup for CMOS) that I am using as an WiFi AP, I have had to resort to a similar trick. Once at boot up and then

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > > > The reason no one ever did it "in the old days" was for fear of an NTP server > going out of whack.  ntpdate should be used sparingly and with knowledge that > one is doing it... automating it is usually a bad idea.  (Especially by > defau

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 4, 2012, at 2:42 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 06/04/12 1:27 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: >> Additionally, ntp will refuse to sync if it's too far out. Use ntpdate >> [server IP] to force the issue first. If the machines have a bad CMOS >> battery and won't keep time, ntpdate package can be co

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 06/04/12 1:27 PM, Nate Duehr wrote: > Additionally, ntp will refuse to sync if it's too far out. Use ntpdate > [server IP] to force the issue first. If the machines have a bad CMOS battery > and won't keep time, ntpdate package can be configured to force time sync > (which is a bad hack) at

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi, > > I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp > client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/ > Anything i am missing? Fire up ntpq, and type "peers" and see if they're seeing their upstre

Re: [CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 06/04/12 12:59 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp > client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/ > Anything i am missing? whats the output of `ntptrace` ? are there entries about ntp in /var/log/messages

[CentOS] system date using ntp client is drifting

2012-06-04 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi, I have a set of servers whose system time is drifting. I am running ntp client on CentOS 5.8. My config is here -> http://fpaste.org/s55U/ Anything i am missing? Regards, Kaushal ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mai