Is your clock set to GMT in the BIOS or CST? Run /stand/sysinstall and use the time config stuff there. Make sure you answer the BIOS clock question correctly. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Lutgens [mailto:blutgens at sistina.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:43 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] OT: FreeBSD system time issues > > > I've got a FreeBSD box that will not keep correct time. When I run > ntpdate off my internal time server (that I use to keep all my > workstations and internal servers on the same time) it sets the time > totally wrong. It's about 23 hours off. I've rerun tzconfig > to make sure > the time zone is set right. When i run "rdate my.time.server" on this > box it spits out the right time, so I know it's speaking to > the ntpd on > my server just fine. Alas "rdate -s my.time.server" exits > cleanly yet my > system time is still hosed. The box is FreeBSD 4.3 server > that we use as > a firewall/NAT box. I've been capturing some packets on it > and they all > have hosed up time stamps on them, also I think it's kicking > squids ass > as well.... > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, as nothing has > turned up via > google, or the FreeBSD mailing lists (which i blatantly refuse to post > to) > > -- > Ben Lutgens http://people.sistina.com/~blutgens/ > Sistina Software Inc. > > pub 1024D/9A0DDC59 2001-12-12 Ben Lutgens <blutgens at sistina.com> > Key fingerprint = 8FCD A1EE CEA7 DEE1 9361 F32C 0A90 30D1 9A0D > DC59 > sub 1024g/1FC75C99 2001-12-12 >