Date:  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:46:24 -0600
From:  Brent Epp <brent (at mark) pdcweb.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:11230] Re: time is always behind
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org, <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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Thanks! I've been having this same problem.

At 2007-11-23 10:57, Brian N. Smith wrote:
>>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


Brent Epp
mailto:brent (at mark) pdcweb.net