Date:  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:42:54 +0100
From:  "Bikkernet, Ron Bikker" <rbikker (at mark) bikkernet.nl>
Subject:  [coba-e:11228] Re: time is always behind
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <4747111E.8040006 (at mark) bikkernet.nl>
In-Reply-To:  <012e01c82df1$ea1f30a0$1e64a8c0 (at mark) nuonce.net>
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Tx i'll give it a try...

Brian N. Smith schreef:
>> 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
>
>
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