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Hi BX experts,
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<br />I've got a weird one. The clock on just one of our BX servers keeps changing. This morning at 08:45 - the clock set backwards 12 hours to 9June 21:03. Then less than two hours later - it sets back forward to the correct time. See cron log clips below.
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<br />I'd previously turned off NTPd, since it wasn't keeping the time right and had set up a daily cron to set the clock. But the problem has remained - whether using NTPd or the cron.
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<br />Does anyone have a idea what could be changing the clock on this server? Could it be one of the cron scripts? Does any of the cron script have a line to modify the system time? I've looked for a common cron entry just before the time is changed after the last couple of occurrences - but can't find anything similar.
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<br />Thanks guys. We've got a couple customers who receive a lot of e-mail. A message comes in while the clock is wrong, then they pull it down when the clock is right. And what do you know - these nit-picking idiots notice the time difference. And I just can't figure out what's doing it.
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<br />Chuck
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<br /><font size="2">Jun 10 08:45:01 bx14 CROND[16169]: (root) CMD ( /usr/sausalito/sbin/swatch.sh)
<br />Jun 10 08:45:01 bx14 CROND[16170]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/pam_abl --purge > /dev/null 2>&1 &)
<br />Jun 10 08:45:01 bx14 CROND[16171]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/sbin/break-smrsh-loop.pl > /dev/null 2>&1)
<br />Jun 10 08:47:01 bx14 CROND[16544]: (root) CMD (/usr/sausalito/sbin/swupdate_tmp_clean.pl)
<br />Jun 10 08:48:01 bx14 CROND[16571]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.quarter-hourly)
<br />Jun 10 08:50:01 bx14 CROND[16652]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/sbin/break-smrsh-loop.pl > /dev/null 2>&1)
<br />Jun 10 08:50:01 bx14 CROND[16653]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1)
<br />Jun 10 08:50:01 bx14 CROND[16654]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news)
<br />Jun 9 21:03:53 bx14 CROND[16774]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.quarter-hourly)
<br />Jun 9 21:04:01 bx14 CROND[16785]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.half-hourly)
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<br />Jun 9 23:00:02 bx14 CROND[24795]: (root) CMD ( /usr/bin/fix-mysql.sock)
<br />Jun 9 23:00:02 bx14 CROND[24796]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/pam_abl --purge > /dev/null 2>&1 &)
<br />Jun 9 23:00:02 bx14 CROND[24797]: (root) CMD (/usr/sausalito/sbin/remove_passwd_lock.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &)
<br />Jun 9 23:00:02 bx14 CROND[24798]: (root) CMD ( /usr/sausalito/sbin/swatch.sh)
<br />Jun 9 23:00:02 bx14 CROND[24800]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1)
<br />Jun 9 23:00:02 bx14 CROND[24799]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news)
<br />Jun 9 23:00:02 bx14 CROND[24801]: (root) CMD ( /usr/bin/fix-httpd-log-dir)
<br />Jun 10 09:03:38 bx14 CROND[25142]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly)
<br />Jun 10 09:03:38 bx14 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[25142]: starting 0anacron
<br />Jun 10 09:03:38 bx14 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[25151]: finished 0anacron
<br />Jun 10 09:03:38 bx14 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[25142]: starting log_traffic
<br />Jun 10 09:03:39 bx14 run-parts(/etc/cron.hourly)[25475]: finished log_traffic</font>
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