comp.os.linux.networking

EricThompson wrote:
> I started using ntpd and ntpdate a few months ago to keep a number of
> servers in sync with each other -- important for my backup tasks. It was
> working so well, I paid no attention after awhile, but I noticed a few days
> ago that the time change has created a problem for me. While ntpd is
> working great on my server, with the time change giving it no problem, when
> the client servers "sync" to mine, they come up an hour off. I'm sure
> there is just some simple thing I have to do, but I just have not been able
> to find it. What I notice is that my server gives the time in PDT, and the
> client servers give it in PST. That's obviously what I need to fix, but
> how the #$@#%@#$ do I fix it? I can't find anything in man pages, I've
> searched online, blah, blah. Fact is, if I use ntpdate on the client
> machines to sync directly with pool.ntp.org, the same problem occurs. Why
> does it work on mine, but not on the others?

As noted by another poster there was a change in the time change, XST
to XDST. I found this link useful

https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/51/3655154_f.SAL_Public.html

and in particular the section titled

Manually updating timezone data for regular applications

See man zic for detailed explanations of the configuration files.

I used the substitute for step 5 found at the very end of that section
and skipped step 7 since /etc/timezone was already linked (symbolic)
to the new time zone files which had simply replaced the old ones. YMMV.

> Sorry, I'm starting to ramble now. I'll stop.

No problem. The government's time warping antics are enough to make
one ramble.

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