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Old 08-26-2010
Sysinstall not setting the time zone correctly
Every time a new machine is installed with either Linux or FreeBSD we set the timezone to either UTC or CEST. However, the clock on the desktop is almost always one hour or two hours behind. We then run sysinstall > configure > time zone (FreeBSD) or set the clock in the panel (xfce / linux), but there is no change, even after a reboot. We presume that clocks are synchronised with the ntp servers. What would be the standard way of correcting the time zone?

Thank you in advance
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Old 08-26-2010
Seems you have already known the answer .

update in /etc/inet/ntp.conf , and enable the ntp daemon.

For detail, search in web for ntp configuration.
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Old 08-27-2010
Thanks, the addition of ntpd_enable = "YES" to /etc/rc.conf is indeed one of the measures to take.
 
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