>I wouldn't get terribly upset about it. Ntpd does not step the time >unless it is grossly wrong. Ntpd has been known to step *FORWARD* on >certain Windows and MAYBE Linux systems when heavy disk activity >resulted in missed clock ticks. I can't think of anything likely to go >wrong that would cause a *BACKWARD* step.
It could step backwards if there was a lot of traffic on a phone line such that the network delay was asymmetric for long enough. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions