[ntp:questions] Automatic time synchronization of local hw clock.
Mimiko
vbvbrj at gmail.com
Mon Apr 14 09:17:32 UTC 2014
On 14.04.2014 11:47, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> So in general, ntpd is running on the box?
Yes, its running as a service. Its acting as a time server very well for
a year.
>
> What does ntpd talk to during the months it takes for the time to drift
> away by 30-60 seconds?
No logs about this drift of time in ntpd log file. Problem appear only
when restarting service (or during system restart).
>
> On some operating systems NTP will set the BIOS clock. I believe this
> happens once an hour.
>
> But not all OSes have this capability, and many BIOS clocks are pretty
> bad. So it is not something that can be effectively used very often.
This is the problem. It's not correcting the BIOS clock. ntpd -q does
correct it.
This is the command line which starts ntpd as service:
/srv/ntpd/bin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g -l /srv/ntpd/log/ntpd.log -s
/srv/ntpd/log/ntpstats/ -c /srv/ntpd/etc/ntpd.conf -u
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Mimiko desu.
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