I demand that Florian Weimer may or may not have written... > * Olaf van der Spek: >>> You should set the clock using NTP *before* starting any daemons. Most >>> daemons don't use monotonic clocks (I'm not even sure if Linux supports >>> them at the required level), and some of them fail in strange ways if the >>> system clock warps. >> Doesn't Linux or NTP support gradually changing the clock exactly to avoid >> such warps?
> Gradually skewing the clock doesn't exactly work that well if the offset > exceeds a few minutes. You don't want to run with a wrong clock for hours > or even days. Maybe ntp, ntpdate etc. should recommend adjtimex? -- | Darren Salt | linux (or ds) at | nr. Ashington, | sarge, | youmustbejoking | Northumberland | RISC OS | demon co uk | Toon Army | Let's keep the pound sterling You will be travelling and coming into a fortune. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]