[ale] Time issue

[Ryan Fish]

/etc/sysconfig/clock
ZONE="America/New_York"
UTC=false
ARC=false

/etc/adjtime
-37.920934 1105545408 0.000000
1105545408
LOCAL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Murphy" <mike at tyderia.net>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Time issue


> 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.
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Until later, Geoffrey
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