4 Sep
2012
4 Sep
'12
7:17 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Sean Carolan scarolan@gmail.com wrote:
Suppose you have server A and server B. Server B is running 60 seconds too fast, while server A is accurate. Is there a way to gradually move server B's time back into sync with server A, without making a drastic, immediate change to the clock? In other words, we would like to 'smear' the difference across several hours or days to ensure there are no drastic changes in timestamps, etc.
This is already how ntpd works. When you first start the service (usually upon reboot), it will use 'ntpdate' to do a hard set of the clock, then ntpd picks up and adjusts the clock back and forth to keep it correct.
❧ Brian Mathis