RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? more info

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
hene'" , 'Main PLUG >discussion list' >Subject: RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? more info > >Did you make the changes I suggested to the conf file ? > > >-Original Message- >From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >[mailto

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? more info

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
list' Subject: RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? more info OK, I ran the ntpdate command within strace and got the output attached. It seems to be sitting there polling for something and never receiving a reply. At least that is what I see. Anyone else see anything different? Or

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Steven > A. DuChene > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:52 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > > OK, but why woul

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? more info

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
OK, I ran the ntpdate command within strace and got the output attached. It seems to be sitting there polling for something and never receiving a reply. At least that is what I see. Anyone else see anything different? Or have any idea why the poll never completes or gets a result? And what exactl

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? more info

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
sage- >From: "Steven A. DuChene" >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 9:36 PM >To: 'Main PLUG discussion list' >Subject: RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? SOLVED? (sort of) > >OK, I think I found the problem with ntpd not getting any peers from my server

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? SOLVED? (sort of)

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
OK, I think I found the problem with ntpd not getting any peers from my server list. I was starting ntpd from the command line with the following syntax: ntpd -I eth0 -D 4 -n eth0 is my internal network. I got to looking at the "no interface found for..." messages and thought I would try adding

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
al Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Steven A. DuChene Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:52 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? OK, but wh

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
lib.ci.phoenix.az.us mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery restrict ntp.drydog.com mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery > > -Original Message- >> From: Eric Shubert >> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 5:03 PM >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
] On Behalf Of Steven >A. DuChene >Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:52 PM >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >OK, but why would I have the problem with ntpdate too? It does not use the >ntp.conf file as far

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? OK, but why would I have the problem with ntpdate too? It does not use the ntp.conf file as far as I can tell. I think it is some sort of network problem but here is the ntp.conf file anyway. -Original Message- >Fro

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
g-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >Sounding to me like there might be a problem in your ntp.conf file. >Can we have a look at it? > >Steven A. DuChene wrote: >> And after each of those lines shown below is a line that say

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
60.10 failed > > Any ideas? > > I am going to google this and see if anything pops up. > -- > Steve > > -Original Message- >> From: "Steven A. DuChene" >> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:44 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject:

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
gt; just a guess though. > Is anyone else here on a Cox cable modem able to sync to a external > ntp server? > -- > Steve > > -Original Message- >> From: "Steven A. DuChene" >> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:37 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
DuChene" >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:44 PM >To: Main PLUG discussion list >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >Hmm, in the debug output from the ntp server startup on my gateway system I see >the following: > >addto_syslog: Cannot find exist

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:38 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? OK, I may be wrong again. If I start ntpd by hand on my gateway/firewall system it does indeed start and I am able to sync to that system from the other client systems o

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
thing. That is just a guess though. Is anyone else here on a Cox cable modem able to sync to a external ntp server? -- Steve -Original Message- >From: "Steven A. DuChene" >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:37 PM >To: Main PLUG discussion list >Subject: Re: correct way to set

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
m mistaken it should also list the two other ntp servers I have configured in the ntp.conf file. Right? -Original Message- >From: "Steven A. DuChene" >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 4:28 PM >To: Main PLUG discussion list >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
would function just fine. Why would ntpd connect and work fine but ntpdate will not function? -- Steve -Original Message- >From: "Steven A. DuChene" >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:50 PM >To: Alex Dean , Main PLUG discussion list > >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezon

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
, August 25, 2009 12:50 PM To: Alex Dean; Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? My Cox cable modem has a time display that is set by their network and the time on my system is set to under a minute different than that display. Besides if I cannot get

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
. DuChene Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 12:50 PM To: Alex Dean; Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? My Cox cable modem has a time display that is set by their network and the time on my system is set to under a minute different than that display. Beside

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
- >From: Alex Dean >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:45 PM >To: "Steven A. DuChene" , Main PLUG discussion >list >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >How far off is your current time from the ntp server's time? If >they're way out of w

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
SuSE-10.1 does not seem to have rdate as an available utility. -Original Message- >From: Bob Elzer >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:19 PM >To: 'Main PLUG discussion list' >Subject: RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >To set you initial time you shou

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Alex Dean
ug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? Here's what I get on a test server of mine: [r...@dellefield ~]# ntpdate -v -d dewey.lib.ci.phoenix.az.us ntp.drydog.com 25 Aug 12:28:28 ntpdate[6149]: ntpdate 4.2@1.1570-o Tue M

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
- >From: Eric Shubert >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:33 PM >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >Here's what I get on a test server of mine: >[r...@dellefield ~]# ntpdate -v -d dewey.lib.ci.phoenix.az.us n

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
yes -Original Message- From: Bob Elzer Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:24 PM To: "'Steven A. DuChene'" , 'Main PLUG discussion list' Subject: RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? Are you running ntpdate as root ? From: plug-discuss-boun...@list

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
ib.ci.phoenix.az.us ntp.drydog.com > > and it looked for and found both hosts but then just sits there with > no other output. > -- > Steve > > > -Original Message- > From: Eric Cope > Sent: Aug 25, 2009 3:10 PM > To: Main PLUG discussion list &g

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? You can force an update, instead of waiting on the incremental changes. But, as noted below, it may affect services. Eric On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: ntp also adjusts your clock gradually so it won'

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? ntp also adjusts your clock gradually so it won't immediately jump to the correct time. This is to prevent problems with services (like cron and logging) that depend on a clock that doesn't suddenly change. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 25, 2009, at

RE: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Bob Elzer
Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? Hmm, so I did the following: # iptables -A input_ext -p tcp -m tcp --dport 123 -j ACCEPT and then tried starting ntp services again but it still seems to hang when trying to get the initial date and time. So adding

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
;>> Sent: Aug 25, 2009 2:13 PM >>> To: "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clust...@mindspring.com>, Main PLUG >>> discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> >>> Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? >>

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Cope
m" > >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 2:13 PM > >To: "Steven A. DuChene" , Main PLUG > discussion list > >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > > > > From /etc/services > > > >ntp 123/tcp > >ntp 123/u

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Cope
al date and time. So adding a rule to the > >> firewall for tcp access on port 123 seems to have made no difference > >> to my problem. > >> > >> nuts... > >> -- > >> Steve > >> > >> -Original Message- > &

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
.@kitepilot.com" >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >Try tailing /var/log/messages (you said this was fedora, right?) when >you start up the ntp daemon. It can take a while (>1 minute >sometimes) for the time servers to synchronize, but you sho

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Jon M. Hanson
ing to get the initial date and time. So adding a rule to the >> firewall for tcp access on port 123 seems to have made no difference >> to my problem. >> >> nuts... >> -- >> Steve >> >> -Original Message- >>> From: "kitepi...@ki

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Alex Dean
on port 123 seems to have made no difference to my problem. nuts... -- Steve -Original Message- From: "kitepi...@kitepilot.com" Sent: Aug 25, 2009 2:13 PM To: "Steven A. DuChene" , Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & cloc

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
difference to my problem. nuts... -- Steve -Original Message- >From: "kitepi...@kitepilot.com" >Sent: Aug 25, 2009 2:13 PM >To: "Steven A. DuChene" , Main PLUG discussion >list >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > > From /

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
-Original Message- >>From: Eric Shubert >>Sent: Aug 25, 2009 10:54 AM >>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? >> >>Steven A. DuChene wrote: >>> I have a few systems here in my home that are either fedo

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Steven A. DuChene
g-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date? > >Steven A. DuChene wrote: >> I have a few systems here in my home that are either fedora or opensuse >> installs. >> I was setting up ganglia last night to add some monitoring to my home s

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread Eric Shubert
Steven A. DuChene wrote: > I have a few systems here in my home that are either fedora or opensuse > installs. > I was setting up ganglia last night to add some monitoring to my home setup > and discovered I had some issues with clock skew. When I got to looking I > noticed > that the timezones w

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/time.txt Enjoy... :) ET Steven A. DuChene writes: > I have a few systems here in my home that are either fedora or opensuse > installs. > I was setting up ganglia last night to add some monitoring to my home setup > and discovered I h

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread mike havens
in a shell type 'tz' and hit the tab key. nthe correct selection should be 'tzconfig' but your results may vary On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:02 AM, James Mcphee wrote: > I use the ntp.org ntp servers. http://www.pool.ntp.org/ > > I set my /etc/localtime to America/Phoenix, which will do MST withou

Re: correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-25 Thread James Mcphee
I use the ntp.org ntp servers. http://www.pool.ntp.org/ I set my /etc/localtime to America/Phoenix, which will do MST without MDT. How you accomplish this is dependent on your setup, of course. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Steven A. DuChene < linux-clust...@mindspring.com> wrote: > I have

correct way to set timezone & clock/date?

2009-08-24 Thread Steven A. DuChene
I have a few systems here in my home that are either fedora or opensuse installs. I was setting up ganglia last night to add some monitoring to my home setup and discovered I had some issues with clock skew. When I got to looking I noticed that the timezones were set to MST and most of the system