Subject: Re: timekeeping in a domU
To: Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch@kollasch.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 10/04/2006 22:40:23
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:28:13PM -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I usually use my KDC to validate my password or forwarded
> ticket on my domU, I don't control this dom0. Occasionally
> this doesn't work.  And after I get with a SSH key,
> I get a error from kinit:
> 
> kinit: krb5_get_init_creds: time skew (541) larger than max (300)
> 
> Is it the dom0's responsibility to provide the domUs
> with an accurate clock?

It is, but the TOD is read at boot time only; after that the kernel relies on
clock interrupts and CPU counters. There can be drift

> And, can I run a ntpd in the domU to keep it in sync?

Yes.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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