[ntp:questions] ntp not updating the time

unruh unruh at wormhole.physics.ubc.ca
Tue Apr 13 23:57:33 UTC 2010


On 2010-04-13, Marc Fromm <Marc.Fromm at wwu.edu> wrote:
> If I restart the ntpd service the time is updated to the correct time:
> /sbin/service ntpd restart

What distribution?

>
> 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.
>

What is the output of ntpq -p when that happens? 

> How or when does ntpd automatically update the time?

constantly.

However if the time is too far off, ntpd gives up. Or if the rate is too
large, ntpd gives up. 




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