Server time about 15 minutes wrong!

Hmmm I have no clue what is causing this!

I'm using Debian Sarge 3.1 and I've used Falko's "The Perfect Setup - Debian Sarge (3.1)"

In it (page 5) there is a "Synchronize the System Clock" part.

Code:

apt-get install ntp ntpdate

I've done that.. But for some reason the server time is "now" about 15 slower than the real time!

real time now: 19:44

Time on server:

Code:

date
Mon Aug  7 19:30:46 CEST 2006

Is there a way to see if the ntpdate is working okay?

 

Okay.. I think I found the problem..

Code:

ntpdate
 7 Aug 19:32:05 ntpdate[13128]: no servers can be used, exiting

The problem is no servers can be used

So... How do I fix this again ?

 

What's in /etc/default/ntpdate?

 

This:

Code:

NTPSERVERS="pool.ntp.org"
NTPOPTIONS="-u"

I've done a ntpdate time.nist.gov, and this did set the time correct again (for now)
Should I change the pool.ntp.org to time.nist.gov in ntpdate?

 

That's exactly what I wanted to suggest.

 

If I change the pool.ntp.org to time.nist.gov in ntpdate will it automaticly synchronise with the time.nist.gov timeserver or do i have to reload/restart something? If yes, what is the command.
Please let me know.

 

You have to run

Code:

/etc/init.d/ntpdate restart

to synchronize the time. You could create a cron job for it.

 

Ok thanks Falko.

 

I have a strange problem: somehow my time was completely reset,... its 1. january 2000 !? but that is not the problem I am looking at... have a look at this:

so a simple ntpdate says no servers can be used although inside /etc/default/ntpdate its says the same server:

how strange.... any idea whats wrong?

 

What's the output of

Code:

/etc/init.d/ntpdate restart

?

 

I do not udnerstand this anymore:

 

Code:

/etc/init.d/ntpdate restart

is the correct command to update the time. If there's no error, then it's working.

 

What about FC6?

I am running Fedora Core 6, there is no ntpdate file or deamon. I tried restarting with

Code:

/etc/init.d/ntpd restart

and I don't get a single error but the clock is still 15 minutes slow. There is no /etc/default/ntpdate file. So, Where do I add

Waiting for time fix.
Thank you guys for all your wonderful support.

 

Have a look at http://www.howtoforge.com/installing_a_lamp_system_with_fedora_core_6_p6 :

Code:

yum install ntp

chkconfig --levels 235 ntpd on
ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org
/etc/init.d/ntpd start