[ale] Forcing NTPD to set time

[timothy at meanor.net]

If this is VMware, you need to configure the guest to sync its clock with the host.  To accomplish this, do the following:
1) ensure you have VMware tools installed in the guests
2) turn off ntpd
3) In the .vmx file for the guess, make sure this line is present: 
enable tools.syncTime = "TRUE"
(instead of editing the .vmx file, you could run the vmware-toolbox GUI application and check the box next to "Time synchronization between the virtual machine and the host operating system"

google "linux guest time synchronization site:vmware.com" for more details.

-Tim



>>I've got a VM running at our of our developer's house and I see it can
>>access the RTC.  I believe he has more than one VM running on that
>>server.   I also see that NTPD will NOT correct the time.  Here is what
>>I do in rc.local on that machine to get the time correct
>>
>>/etc/init.d/ntpd stop
>>/usr/sbin/ntpdate pool.ntp.org
>>/etc/init.d/ntpd start
>>
>>I've noticed on some machines that ntpd will complain that the diff is
>>so bad the time must be corrected manually.  Is there an option to force
>>ntpd to set the time regardless of diff?
>>
>>Chris
>>
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