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Old 03-05-2007
[MA]Flying_Meat [MA]Flying_Meat is offline
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Have you tried editing (or creating) an /etc/ntp.conf file?

contents of that file should look something like this:

Code:
server time.someserver.com minpoll 12 maxpoll 17

There are of course lots of things you can specify in that file, but the string above should work if it's a valid time server.

For more info, Google ntp.conf

Also, ntpdate sets the date under two conditions. Greater than 5 seconds, or less than 5 seconds. What it does in either case is spelled out in the man page for ntpdate.
The man page also seems to imply you can specify a time server on the command line as an option only if ntpdate can find a reference to "a" time server that ntpd uses in netinfo.
Seems sorta silly...

Anyway, use the ntp.conf file and ntpd for most time syncing. It works pretty well.
Last edited by [MA]Flying_Meat; 03-05-2007 at 06:25 PM..