ntpdate shows offset but does not synchronize

Question

I am trying to time-synchronize 2 Centos VM with ntpdate command, but it won't work.

When running the ntpdate command (ntpdate reference.time.machine), it shows an offset : step time server 10.0.0.116 offset 156.479697 sec

But when I run the "date" command, it still shows the time with no correction.

Any idea ?

Thanks.

Sylvain.

Answer 1

I think I found the issue :

I edited the file /etc/sysconfig/ntpd to add the following line :

SYNC_HWCLOCK=yes

Since then, it seems to work.

Sylvain.