2010/1/21 SkoZombie <skozom...@kruel.org>: > On Thu, January 21, 2010 9:43 am, Kyle wrote: >> However, since then server loses time BIG time. Funny thing is, other >> server in same subnet (also NTP) keeps perfect time. Both running CentOS >> 5.x. >> >> Now, could be any number of issues, just looking for some guidance on >> where to start looking pls? Anyone got any ideas? > > You've probably done this already, but manually set the time correctly. > I've found in the past that NTP won't adjust the time if it's too far out. > If it's been a long way out in the past (eg. due to a failing CMOS battery > while it was powered off), it may have written this state to a file > somewhere.
Correct, stop the server ("service ntpd stop") then run "ntpdate server-name" (taking server-name from /etc/ntp.conf), then "service ntpd start". You can test status with "ntptrace" and the "peer" command to "ntpq". --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html