[ale] Time issue

Mike Murphy mike at tyderia.net
Wed Jan 12 13:48:05 EST 2005


what's in /etc/sysconfig/clock?

Ryan Fish wrote:
> It just started happening sometime over this past weekend.
> 
> I am all but certain the box has not been rebooted.  "uptime" shows it has
> been running for just over 77 days now and /var/log/dmesg hasn't been
> updated since October.
> 
> Which log(s) would you recommend I look at?
> 
> I think I am just going to start using NTP on it...
> 
> Thank you.
> -Ryan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Geoffrey" <esoteric at 3times25.net>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Time issue
> 
> 
> 
>>Ryan Fish wrote:
>>
>>>What could cause the time on a server running RHEL3 ES to change by
>>>roughly 3 hours at least two days in a row?
>>>
>>>- Time zone is set to America/New York (EST) - NTP is not in use -
>>>Box has not been rebooted for 77+ days (so HWClock should have
>>>nothing to do with it)
>>>
>>>Any ideas on where to look will be GREATLY appreciated.
>>
>>Don't know, but I'd start checking out the logs to see when it happened.
>>  You should be able to easily identify a 3 hour jump.  From there, you
>>could start checking out cron and such.  If it's something that's just
>>started happening, I'd be concerned it's been hacked.
>>
>>Are you sure it's not rebooted?  I'd verify that via the logs as well.
>>
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