[NTLUG:Discuss] xntpd

[MadHat]

"George E. Lass" wrote:
> 
> I am trying to get xntpd to work on my RedHat 5.2 system.
> It seems to be keeping the time up to date just fine when
> viewed with the "date" command, but there seems to be a
> problem with it *not* updating the CMOS time when viewed
> with the "clock" command.
> 
> I have tried both the object RPM from the distro CD-ROM
> as well as the source RPM, but neither one seems to be
> able to update CMOS.
> 
> I know CMOS updates used to work on the RedHat 4.2 distro.
> 
> Any one know anything about this problem?

I don't know of any application that actually changes the CMOS clock. 
Does it state somewhere it is supposed to?  

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