[H-GEN] TimeZones and Redhat 8.0

[Robert Brockway]

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On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, James Collins wrote:

>     So the mystery was solved... It's been so long since I went to check on
> those servers, that I'd forgotten that the Web Server and the Database
> server were different machines, with different NTPs :) The web server NTP
> was running just fine, but the Database server's copy wasn't :( ...
>
> James :) Collins

Generally it's better to run a local "time server" which syncs NTP off
another box outside your network & sync all local boxes off your local
timeserver (if you run dns, setup an A record for ntp.whatever.com but
don't use it for the hostname :)

Generally speaking it is more important for local boxes to be in time sync
with each other than it is for them to be in sync with the rest of the
world (although this is also very important). Thus if your local boxes
have to be wrong (because your upstream NTP server went offline) it is
better if they are all wrong together :)

Cheers,
	-Rob

-- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert at timetraveller.org  ICQ: 104781119
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