Re: How to keep sensors in sync using NTP?
From: spy guy (spyguy703@earthlink.net)Date: 10/15/02
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From: spy guy <spyguy703@earthlink.net> To: Bruno Sicchieri <bsicchieri@hotmail.com> Date: 15 Oct 2002 12:06:45 -0700
I believe the tool you should use is ntpdate. Its an ntp client.
I run a cron job at midnight that executes ntpdate against an ntp
server.
check the man page for ntpdate syntax
in its simplest form:
`ntpdate time.nist.gov` will sync your clock with time.nist.gov
hope that helps.
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 05:56, Bruno Sicchieri wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I´ve just installed Snort, MySQL and ACID on Redhat7.3 following the Snort
> Installation Manual, by Steven J. Scott
> (http://home.earthlink.net/~sjscott007/)
>
> In one of the sections (Network Time Protocol - NTP) he explain how to
> keep accurate time on the sensors (Snort) without having to manually set
> the clocks, using NTP:
>
> 1) Editing the /etc/ntp.conf file and changing the server entry to reflect
> my timeserver and comment out the entry starting with "fudge"
> ------ntp.conf------
> server mytimeserver.com
> #fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
> --------------------
>
> 2) # /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd start
> 3) # chkconfig ntpd on
>
> I´m using "ntp-4.1.1" and writing
> from "/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Sao_Paulo" with "UTC=true"
> in /etc/sysconfig/clock file.
>
> Everything looks OK but the sensors stay 2 hours in advance. I already
> read the NTP manual but I still can´t figure out what is happen.
>
> Anyone could help please?
>
> Thanks, Bruno.
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