Time sync

sharstine · none Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 48

I'm running Unreal 3.2.7. One of my server's timestamps was way off when it relinked to the network. If the time is synched while the server is linked, is it necessary to delink/relink the server so that the server recognizes the updated timestamp?

Thank you

bctrainers · Newbie Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 63 Location: kansas city

Windows or nix build of the IRCd?

braindigitalis · Idler Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 443 Location: IRC

Yes, on most ircds when updating the timestamps you should first /squit it from the network.

If it is a very large change (e.g. hours or days) you may even need to restart, as i know at least unreal stops responding for the amount of time the clock was behind, e.g. if the clock was 5 mins slow unreal stops processing data for anything up to 5 mins until the clock is caught up with its representation of the time Sad

Its best to always keep the clocks synched properly using ntpd from day one.

Edit: There is the TSCTL command (or was it SVSTIME?), which will update the time on the fly in unreal but DO NOT USE THIS, it is still susceptible to the bugs listed above.

ircmojo · Posted: Aug 23, 2007 7:13pm Post subject:

The bad thing about Unreal3.2.5+ is that it has an ntpd built into it and it's enabled by default. If any of your other servers have it disabled or you are linked to services on a machine that doesn't run ntpd, it can cause issues because Unreal would be TS correct and the other servers are offset. This is just as bad as if you was not running an ntpd any everyone else is.

It's always best for the OS to handle the time and have your ircd/services get it's time from the OS. See Unreal's website on how to disable timesynch. Then run an ntpd on all servers connected to your network.

Jappy · none Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

" /tsctl alltime " without quotes , to see if time is correct