Uhm...what's this? [rdate question]

[Robert]

Brian Fahrlander wrote:
>     My local clock got moved, so I used redhat-config-time to establish
> a new one.  Then, just in case it'd take all day to adjust it via NTP, I
> ran:
> 
> [root at aquila root]# rdate -s time.nist.gov
> Alarm clock
> 
>     ..."Alarm clock"?  What the heck?
> 
> 

It looks like time.nist.gov has been out to lunch all weekend.


[root at mavis root]# ntpq
ntpq> pe
      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset 
  jitter
==============================================================================
  time.nist.gov   0.0.0.0         16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
+ntp-0.gw.uiuc.e truechimer.cso.  2 u  874 1024  377   46.624   20.091 
  2.974
  dtc-truetime.nt 0.0.0.0         16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
-clock.xmission. .GPS.            1 u  857 1024  377   58.318   12.030 
  3.963
-navobs1.wustl.e .PSC.            1 u  871 1024  377   40.635   15.934 
  3.692
*Tick.UH.EDU     .USNO.           1 u  169 1024  377   24.203   21.669 
  4.712
+now.cis.okstate .PSC.            1 u  842 1024  377   26.721   19.623 
  5.407
  ntp3.tamu.edu   0.0.0.0         16 u    - 1024    0    0.000    0.000 
4000.00
ntpq>

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