At 16:17 13/03/00 +0000, Simon Baker wrote:


>Hmmm..
>
>I use ntpdate.  It's easy and accurate enough for most people use.
>as easy as
>
>ntpdate ntp1.wherever.yak >> /var/log/ntpdate

Sorry, should have said you'll need to stick it in a cron job...

They _do_ lose a lot of time under load.... I find every 20 mins works best 
for me....

13 Mar 12:20:00 ntpdate[13033]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 12:20:00 ntpdate[13033]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.128773  sec
13 Mar 12:40:00 ntpdate[13091]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 12:40:00 ntpdate[13091]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.133566  sec
13 Mar 13:00:00 ntpdate[13160]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 13:00:00 ntpdate[13160]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.136734  sec
13 Mar 13:20:00 ntpdate[13221]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 13:20:00 ntpdate[13221]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.134452  sec
13 Mar 13:40:01 ntpdate[13283]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 13:40:01 ntpdate[13283]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.137209  sec
13 Mar 14:00:00 ntpdate[13346]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 14:00:00 ntpdate[13346]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.145427  sec
13 Mar 14:20:00 ntpdate[13411]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 14:20:01 ntpdate[13411]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.136147  sec
13 Mar 14:40:00 ntpdate[13465]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 14:40:00 ntpdate[13465]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.136004  sec
13 Mar 15:00:03 ntpdate[13546]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 15:00:03 ntpdate[13546]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.135250  sec
13 Mar 15:20:01 ntpdate[15653]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 15:20:01 ntpdate[15653]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.130806  sec
13 Mar 15:40:01 ntpdate[15721]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 15:40:01 ntpdate[15721]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.135688  sec
13 Mar 16:00:00 ntpdate[15795]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 16:00:00 ntpdate[15795]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.136316 sec
13 Mar 16:20:01 ntpdate[16009]: signal_no_reset: signal 14 had flags 2
13 Mar 16:20:01 ntpdate[16009]: adjust time server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx offset 
-0.135252 sec