synchronize time

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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On 03/03/2012 11:19 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
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> Am 03.03.2012 17:50, schrieb Mikkel L. Ellertson:
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>> On 03/03/2012 10:13 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>> Whatever you theorize, here is what happened. The hardware clock
>>> was set to UTC, and the software clock was local time. However, the
>>> UTC box in system-config-date was not checked. Result was cups
>>> browsing did not work properly and ntpd would crash shortly after
>>> starting
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>> ntpd would not really crash - it would exit with an error because
>> the time difference was too great
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> and the practical difference is?
>
An error message in the logs about why it exited. It makes it much
easier to troubleshoot why it quit.

Besides, a program crash indicates bad programming, while an error
exit shows the programmer provided for this possibility.

Mikkel
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