I am running a server inside of VMWare, and the clock gains ~30 seconds every 1000 seconds or 1.03X. I need to keep the drift under the magic 1000 limit that ntpd kills its self, but despite setting maxpoll really low I get: Dec 11 23:58:14 host ntpd[4909]: kernel time discipline status change 41 Dec 11 23:59:17 host ntpd[4909]: kernel time discipline status change 1 Dec 11 23:59:17 host ntpd[4909]: time correction of -1123 seconds exceeds sanity limit (1000); set clock manually to the correct UTC time. /etc/ntp.conf: server time.intranet.pdinc.us maxpoll 7 Ideas? If I cannot get ntpd working, then I will have to resort to a cron * * * * * rdate -s time.intranet.pdinc.us -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Sr. Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, purge the message from your system and notify the sender immediately. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.