* Olaf van der Spek: >> You should set the clock using NTP *before* starting any daemons. >> Most daemons don't use monotonic clocks (I'm not even sure if Linux >> supports them at the required level), and some of them fail in strange >> ways if the system clock warps. > > Doesn't Linux or NTP support gradually changing the clock exactly to > avoid such warps?
Gradually skewing the clock doesn't exactly work that well if the offset exceeds a few minutes. You don't want to run with a wrong clock for hours or even days. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
