hooge, my /etc/inet/ntp.conf entries : server <ip> prefer server <ip> driftfile /var/ntp/ntp.drift statsdir /var/ntp/ntpstats/ filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable there is no slewalways entry.... is the slewalways whithout explicitly specified, become default?? regards ujang On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 8:35 PM, freek D'Hooge <freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ujang, > > Can you check if you have the ntp client enabled? > If so, check if you are using the slewalways parameter set to "yes" in the > /etc/inet/ntp.conf file. > > If the time is stepped back in time it could cause the server to reboot > without error messages. > > Regards > > Freek D'Hooge -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l