NTPD not keeping time

[Kris Anderson]

--- Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:

> On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Kris Anderson wrote:
> > I first ran ntpdate from /etc/rc.d/ntpdate and
> that
> > set the date and time.
> 
> Good.  That should have gotten your clock reasonably
> sync'ed.
> 
> > Then I ran /etc/rc.d/ntpd and that started up
> fine.
> >
> > The followind day I find that the system still
> thinks
> > it is the previous day and such.
> >
> > I thought the purpose of ntp was to keep the time
> > correct, why would it be off?
> 
> NTPd does a good job of keeping the clock synced if
> properly  
> configured, so there is likely to be something wrong
> with your  
> specific circumstances.  What does "ntpq -p" show?
> 
> -- 
> -Chuck

Here's the output from ntpq.

webdev# ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach 
 delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 time-a.nist.gov .ACTS.           1 u  485 1024  377  
78.454  4307608 923174.
 india.colorado. .ACTS.           1 u  491 1024  377  
22.918  4307064 922326.
 lerc-dns.grc.na .INIT.          16 u    - 1024    0  
 0.000    0.000 4000.00



 
____________________________________________________________________________________
Want to start your own business?
Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index