[axxs-sysadmin] wrong time on axxs.org - ntpdate?

[Dave Fregon]

On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 17:34 +1100, aketus wrote:
> A good idea, and one I tried to bring to attention in October of last year...
> 
> http://lists.indymedia.org/pipermail/axxs-sysadmin/2006-October/1017-15.html
> 
> Better late than never :/

urk :P

> At least with the sites i've managed, it hasn't been possible to  
> compensate for the time difference, since it hasn't been exactly 2  
> hours difference, but always out by about a quarter of an hour on top  
> of that. (i.e GMT+10 hours on AptGetAnarchy currently reads at 16:32  
> instead of 15:16)

Well I'm all for it straight away, the indymedia's are the primary
concern I reckon.

Dave

> 
> aketus
> 
> 
> Quoting Dave Fregon <dave at netaxxs.com.au>:
> 
> > On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 15:48 +1300, Sebastian wrote:
> >> kia ora koutou...
> >>
> >> boud just made me and others aware in #axxs that the server is running
> >> approx. 2 hours ahead in time. check with the command:
> >>
> >> TZ=GMT LC_ALL=C date
> >>
> >> on the server and on a trustworthy machine of your choice (e.g. your
> >> localhost).
> >>
> >> this might cause weird behaviour by processes acting with the rest of
> >> the world outside axxs.org. what do people think about installing stuff
> >> like ntpdate to keep in sync?
> >
> > I think it's a good idea Sebastian, and it's already installed just not
> > running? It _was_ setup, maybe an update has had it switched off?
> >
> > In Plesk admin, under Server / System Date and Time it just needs the
> > time server and a checkbox selected, then save.
> >
> > We should however talk to the sites on the server to see if they are not
> > conpensating for this in their code first?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>  Sebastian
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