What you're looking for if you want a quick "set the time right now" application is ntpdate, not ntp. NTP slews the clock and also sets up settings to know how good/bad your internal clock are. Messing with the software clock while using NTP is just going to make NTP take even longer to figure out how good/bad your internal clock is.
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:49:03PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Thanks to those who replied. > > What I would do is change my date to a few hours earlier than > normal time, and then launch ntp. > I was under the impression it would sync quickly. > I wonder how long would I have to wait for it sync up? > > I checked with ntpq and ran "peers", there was alot of info from > the time server, so it looks like its working. > > Thanks!!! > > Mike > > Quoting ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:19:54PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I thought I would try and sync my potato server > > > to an internet time server, so I installed ntp, edited > > > the /etc/ntp.conf file: > > > > > > server 192.5.41.209 > > > > > > I then restart the ntp daemon and noticed my date never changed. > > > However, earlier, I used ntpdate to sync with that time server > > > and it worked. (I make sure both aren't running at the same time) > > > > > > Is there a part of the ntp daemon that I'm missing? > > > Any help would be great!! > > > > > > > Have you tried running ntp recently? Often the time difference is too > > great for ntp to sync initially. After you run ntpdate and sync up with > > the time server then ntp can do it's work. > > hth, > > kent > > > > -- > > "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the > > same level of thinking we were at when we created them." > > --Albert Einstein > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others.
