Are you running ntpdate as root ? _____ From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Steven A. DuChene Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:17 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? I ran the following: ntpdate -v -d dewey.lib.ci.phoenix.az.us ntp.drydog.com and it looked for and found both hosts but then just sits there with no other output. -- Steve -----Original Message----- From: Eric Cope Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:10 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? 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