Date:  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:57:20 -0500
From:  "Brian N. Smith" <brian (at mark) nuonce.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:11227] Re: time is always behind
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <012e01c82df1$ea1f30a0$1e64a8c0 (at mark) nuonce.net>
References:  <4746CF5A.7070505 (at mark) bikkernet.nl>
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> lately the time on the BQ is always behind on the system time,
> I've installed webmin on the system so i could see better what 
> happens.
> also in the Gui of the BQ i've adjusted the time.
> Automatically scheduling of the time sync doesn't help ( BQ is in a 
> vmware).

This is a known VMWare feature.  It is covered on their supports 
forums.

I recommend using querying an NTP server.  I do mine every 5 minutes.

I added:
*/5 * * * * root /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s -b -p 8 -u 17.254.0.28

into /etc/crontab

Then restart crond.
/usr/sbin/ntpdate -s -b -p 8 -u 17.254.0.28

Run that command to get the real date  & time.

Brian