[ntp:questions] Re: SUSE OSS 10 NTPD Clock Drift

Karel Sandler sandler at ujf.cas.cz
Thu Jan 19 21:00:07 UTC 2006


> So ntp will only correct if the drift is less then some value? On
> startup it corrects no matter how off the clock is, but after that it
> never corrects again. I assumed there was a way to increase the number
> of times per day ntp checks with its servers. I guess a cron of ntpdate
> evey hour or so is my own choice. Sigh.
>
You may try adjtimex to correct for systematic drift and then return to the 
ntpd again.
--
Karel Sandler 





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