[wellylug] NTP

[Cliff Pratt]

David Antliff wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, E.Chalaron wrote:
> 
>> My IPcop firewall is fetching the info outisde and makes it available 
>> to my local machines, though one is 1 hour 10 late ... no matter 
>> what.. I went to timeconfig etc ... restarted ntpd etc ... no way... 
>> ?? any idea??
> 
> I think NTP only works if your time is within about 15 minutes of 
> correct. You often need to use ntpdate or manually set the time before 
> starting ntpd to bring it into range. I don't think ntpd does this 
> automatically.
> 
Stop, stop, stop! ntpd is *designed* to keep the time correct! If your 
clock drifts enough to need being set manually there is something wrong, 
even if you shut the machine down periodically as I do every night. ntpd 
should keep it up to date.

Cheers,

Cliff