RE: [cobalt-users] Problem with Date changing

[Brandon Wheaton <brandonw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Well I can't access the archives to search this option, but the last 3 days
>my server's date and time has been changing.  It sets ahead like 3 days in
>advance and the time is wrong.  Is this a bug in the software.  Any
>suggestions.  I am running a Raq3
>What about using a public NTP Servers, are they worth using?



I'm not sure why your server's time is changing so erratically. You 
might try a web search rather than relying on Cobalt alone.

NTP is a good thing. However it is best to use multiple servers 
and apply the average output to your server. This is true from a 
redundancy and accuracy standpoint. However, the cobalt GUI only 
allows the use of one NTP server.

You can easily enter a cron job like so:

1 00 * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate 18.72.0.3 204.34.198.40 2>&1 > /dev/null
(I use 5 sources, this has just been shortened to fit without wrapping)

and it should work just fine. 

A semi-complete list of public NTP servers is available at:
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm

Take care.

Brandon Wheaton
UNIX Systems Engineer 
ValiCert, Inc.
1215 Terra Bella Ave. 
Mountain View, CA 94043 
650.567.5430 
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