Re: How to keep sensors in sync using NTP?

[Thomas Phelan <tephelan () usa net>]

In-Reply-To: <20021015125631.23817.qmail () mail securityfocus com>

You will need to set the correct local time zone.

Create a symbolic link from local time to your time zone:
ln –sf ../usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific /etc/localtime  

Set hwclock to system clock:
/sbin/hwclock  --systohc --utc

This is a little old, but the idea is the same.

Thomas Phelan
System Security Engineer
Satellite & Launch Control
                
On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 05:56, Bruno Sicchieri wrote: 
> Hi all,
>
> I´ve just installed Snort,......
> the clocks, using NTP:
>
> 1) Editing the /etc/ntp.conf file and changing the server entry to 
reflect 
> I´m using "ntp-4.1.1" and writing 
> from "/usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Sao_Paulo" with "UTC=true" 
> in /etc/sysconfig/clock file.
>
> Everything looks OK but the sensors stay 2 hours in advance. I already 
> read the NTP manual but I still can´t figure out what is happen.
>
> Anyone could help please?
>
> Thanks, Bruno.