You can force an update, instead of waiting on the incremental changes. But, as noted below, it may affect services. Eric On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: > ntp also adjusts your clock gradually so it won't immediately jump to > the correct time. This is to prevent problems with services (like cron > and logging) that depend on a clock that doesn't suddenly change. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Alex Dean wrote: > > > Try tailing /var/log/messages (you said this was fedora, right?) > > when you start up the ntp daemon. It can take a while (>1 minute > > sometimes) for the time servers to synchronize, but you should see > > some log activity during that time to show you that it's working. > > > > alex > > > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Steven A. DuChene wrote: > > > >> Hmm, so I did the following: > >> > >> # iptables -A input_ext -p tcp -m tcp --dport 123 -j ACCEPT > >> > >> and then tried starting ntp services again but it still seems to hang > >> when trying to get the initial date and time. So adding a rule to the > >> firewall for tcp access on port 123 seems to have made no difference > >> to my problem. > >> > >> nuts... > >> -- > >> Steve > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: "kitepilot@kitepilot.com" > >>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 2:13 PM > >>> To: "Steven A. DuChene" , Main PLUG > >>> discussion list > >>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >>> > >>> From /etc/services > >>> > >>> ntp 123/tcp > >>> ntp 123/udp # Network Time > >>> Protocol > >>> > >>> I would use "ntp" instead of "udp", and if it doesn't work, take a > >>> dump... > >>> :) > >>> ET > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Eric Cope http://cope-et-al.com