hi,
i'm trying to keep my local clock synched through ntpd. i used to do

that with ntpdate, but since ntpd is available in a standard install

i thought i'd try that. i start ntpd at boot, with added -s to synch

the clock right away. however, after that it starts moving the clock

backwards. restarting ntpd just makes it repeat the process :
[old ntpd, started at boot]

Mar 27 08:46:58  ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 9642.320276s

Mar 27 08:49:06  ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 2143.405987s

Mar 27 08:50:07  ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 2142.248606s

Mar 27 08:51:42  ntpd[20919]: adjusting local clock by 9644.027785s

Mar 27 08:54:45  ntpd[1871]: ntp_dispatch_imsg in ntp engine: pipe closed

Mar 27 08:54:45  ntpd[1871]: ntp engine exiting

[restart]

Mar 27 08:55:02  ntpd[2426]: ntp engine ready

Mar 27 11:35:52  ntpd[16439]: set local clock to Tue Mar 27 11:35:52 CEST 2007 (offset 9649.641093s)

Mar 27 11:36:09  ntpd[2426]: peer 194.146.227.112 now valid

[some more peers snipped]

Mar 27 11:37:33  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 1.288053s

Mar 27 11:40:10  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 6.464148s

Mar 27 11:40:10  ntpd[2426]: clock is now synced

Mar 27 11:44:23  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 10.656797s

Mar 27 11:46:36  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 13.004900s

Mar 27 11:46:36  ntpd[2426]: clock is now unsynced

Mar 27 11:49:17  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 11.683026s

Mar 27 11:53:39  ntpd[6515]: adjusting local clock by 15.193740s
(if left alone, this adjustment will increase perpetually).
timezone is set correctly :

$ ls -la /etc/localtime

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  36 Dec  2 00:38 /etc/localtime -> /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Amsterdam
$ date

Tue Mar 27 12:25:30 CEST 2007
any ideas ? it _has_ managed to keep the clock synched once,

but after a reboot it went completely bonkers. i tried removing

the drift-file and restarting it as well, to no avail. i'm

running 4.0-release, and the provided ntpd.
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CUL8R, Peter.