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| Thread ID: 81130 | 2007-07-17 12:06:00 | Yet another thread about the forum clock... | Erayd (23) | PC World Chat |
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| 569747 | 2007-07-17 12:06:00 | Could someone please add the following to a daily cronjob on the PressF1 server: ntpdate -u pool.ntp.orgIt's incredibly simple, will take all of a minute, and will stop the incessant moaning about the forum time being wrong. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 569748 | 2007-07-17 12:21:00 | And to fix the problem of the forum clock been wrong while your log off e.g. "All times are GMT +13. The time now is 12:20 AM." Is a simple time change in the vBulletin admin. | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 569749 | 2007-07-17 12:24:00 | . | stu161204 (123) | ||
| 569750 | 2007-07-17 12:40:00 | Could someone please add the following to a daily cronjob on the PressF1 server: ntpdate -u pool.ntp.orgIt's incredibly simple, will take all of a minute, and will stop the incessant moaning about the forum time being wrong. Better to use: ntpdate -bu nz.pool.ntp.org for manual resets and cron. For automatic time corrections, it is better to use the newer and better ntpd. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 569751 | 2007-07-17 13:09:00 | Better to use: ntpdate -bu nz . pool . ntp . org for manual resets and cron . For automatic time corrections, it is better to use the newer and better ntpd . Good point . Omitting -b can cause the occasional program to crash, especially if setting the clock backwards . To admins: If using ntpd, please remember to configure it!! It won't 'just work' out of the box as there is no default timeserver set . Edit: At least, in Debian there isn't a default server set . As the PressF1 server runs Fedora, I don't know for certain . |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 569752 | 2007-07-17 15:44:00 | Can't the site just post the Julian date and forget the time? That should be correct at least for a few hours each day. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 569753 | 2007-07-18 01:57:00 | Bump. Hello Jan. :p |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 569754 | 2007-07-18 02:38:00 | Bump . Hello Jan . :p Changing the time with ntpdate or ntpd requires admin priviledges for the server . Some hardened Linux servers (this forum is run on Fedora Core) prohibit the changing of the time by more than a few milliseconds at a time and will require a bit of fiddling . ntpd does also require a re-read of init - this would require a restart of everything on the server - including the webserver . PCWorld may have a few other things on the server they do not want to make unavailable . So it is not a trivial undertaking . |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 569755 | 2007-07-18 02:41:00 | I use Tardis service sitting on the DC | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 569756 | 2007-07-18 03:15:00 | You need to barrage the IT department with emails to achieve a result. www.fairfaxbm.co.nz Otherwise you're just a bunch of higher primates scratching yourselves in the dark. |
Bonzo the Wonder Chimp (2952) | ||
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