Hal Murray wrote: >> The ntp log file shows when NTP steps the time. But then the potential harm >> is already done. Especially if the time moves backward, our server might >> have serious trouble. Is there a log event which indicates that the time is >> going to be reset in order to enable us to take appropriate action before >> the actual reset? > > I don't know of any way to get advanced warning when ntpd is about to > step the time. >
You cannot have advanced warning before stepping. It doesn't know until it decides it needs to do it. > There are command line switches to prevent stepping and to allow > one step at startup time. > Yes. You can use -x to slew always. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
