Yep, tried it as root.
Also did a :-
"find / -name ntpdate -print"
and couldn't find it.
Thanks,
Mark.
>===== Original Message From "Ian Drake, IT, SE Dunbartonshire"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>did you run it as root?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Hannah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 18 April 2001 11:25
>To: Paul Millar; scottish
>Subject: RE: [scottish] Linux time.
>
>
>Thanks to everyone for replying...this was the exact problem...dual boot
>with
>windows. I have updates the hardware clock and things are perfect now.
>
>I don't have an "ntpdate" command though. Is it simply a matter of
>downloading
>this prog and running it? Or does it need any other config?
>
>Thanks,
>Mark.
>
>>===== Original Message From Paul Millar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>>Hi Mark,
>>
>>On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Mark Hannah wrote:
>>> Can anyone help me with a problem that has been driving me crazy for the
>last
>>> few weeks?
>>>
>>> Since we switched to BST, my linux time has somehow got an hour ahead.
>>> I can chage the time by doing :-
>>>
>>> date --set='-1 hour'
>>>
>>> but, on the next re-boot the time reverts back to being an hour fast.
>>> Can anyone tell me what is going on?
>>
>>Is this a dual boot with a windows machine, by an chance ?
>>
>>Ok, There are two distinct clocks on a PC a `hardware' clock (works when
>>the power is off, but tends to drift badly) and a `system' clock
>>(maintained by Linux in software, generally a lot better but not perfect).
>>
>>On power-up (in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit for the curious), Linux reads the
>>time from the hardware clock. There are two conventions for the hardware
>>clock: storing UTC or local time. If you store UTC in your hardware clock,
>>then you don't have to alter the clock when entering BST, if you store
>>local time then you do.
>>
>>To alter the hardware clock, use the hwclock command, e.g.:
>> hwclock (look at current time in hardware clock)
>> hwclock --systohc (copies system clock to hardware clock, assuming
>> hardware clock stores local time)
>> hwclock --systohc --utc (as above but hardware clock stores UTC)
>>
>>Unfortunately, windows assumes that the hardware clock stores the local
>>time and will adjust the clock accordingly when entering BST, hence the
>>problem. You can either reset the clock to UTC and live with windows
>>having the wrong idea of time, or update Linux to mirror windows'
>>behaviour. If you have a RedHat machine, look at the /etc/sysconfig/clock
>>file and change UTC=true to UTC=false.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>Paul.
>>
>>PS. If you are going to use ntp (which is very good) make sure you've
>>updated your copy. There's a vulnerability that can lead to a remote root
>>compromise. Updates are available from RedHat (and I assume SuSE,
>>mandrake, ...)
>>
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