I can't figure ntpd out.

I've got it configured ( using the defaults ) on a fedora 8 box.

It starts and runs... it just doesn't keep my non-stable-clock system up
to date. If I let my vmware guest run for 24 hours, the time on the
vmware guest gets off by about 2 hours.

Currently, I have ntpd disabled and I have a cron job that runs every
minute and runs ntpdate to keep the time accurate...

I thought that ntpd was supposed to be able to do this....

If ntpd can't keep the time on the local box accurate... what's the
purpose of it? I've had this issue with ntpd for years... I've always
had to resort to disableing it and running ntpdate from cron.

Thanks - jack


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