troubleshooting_ntp

troubleshooting_ntp.markdown

@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ Use these commands as root on the workstation:
   git clone http://git.phys.ethz.ch/adjust-clock.git
   ln -s /usr/local/adjust-clock/adjust-clock.cron /etc/cron.d/adjust-clock
 
+With this the time of the system clock will be set every 5 minutes and synchronized with the hardware clock.  This is essentially the same that ntpd and the kernel are doing except that it works even when ntpd fails to synchronize with the time servers.
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+With the log file ''/var/log/ntpdate'' you can get an estimate about the drift of the system clock.