On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 12:27 +0100, Istvan Gabor wrote:

Hello:

I used to use ntpdate to query the time of a given time server occasionally. 'ntpdate -q ' showed the difference between the system and server time. Now in openSUSE 11.2 ntpdate is not available anymore, it is replaced by ntpd. How can I use ntpd on command line to check the difference between server and system time without adjusting the latter one (ie. imitate -q option of ntpdate)? I have read the ntpd man page but could not find out myself how to do it.

My 11.2 system has /usr/sbin/ntpdate. Perhaps you were not root when trying to run it? -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:

Hello:

I used to use ntpdate to query the time of a given time server occasionally. 'ntpdate -q  ' showed the difference between the system and server time. Now in openSUSE 11.2 ntpdate is not available anymore, it is replaced by ntpd. How can I use ntpd on command line to check the difference between server and system time without adjusting the latter one (ie. imitate -q option of ntpdate)? I have read the ntpd man page but could not find out myself how to do it.

I used to update the kernel clock @ regular intervals via cron, until in one server I found that dovecot would stop. I found that dovecot was quite sensitive to shift in time (as coming from the cron sync's).

From then on I have been using ntpd. I would suggest that you do the same.

Take a look at the output of "# service ntp status" and see if it gives you the information. -- Arun Khan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org