[ntp:questions] ntp not updating the time

Marc Fromm Marc.Fromm at wwu.edu
Tue Apr 13 20:45:56 UTC 2010


If I restart the ntpd service the time is updated to the correct time:
/sbin/service ntpd restart

If I run the command below the time is updated to the correct time:
ntpdate -u time-nw.nist.gov

If I don't do any of the above my time is never updated and the server becomes hours behind.

How or when does ntpd automatically update the time?

Thanks

Marc




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