Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:15:33 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: Sean Noonan <snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, noonans@home.com Subject: Re: time sync problem--ntpdate AND xntpd?? Message-ID: <200001191615.LAA92571@benge.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Sean Noonan <snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com> of "Wed, 19 Jan 2000 08:01:03 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001190752470.2731-100000@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com>
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>I also figured I'd use ntpdate **AND** xntpd >on my gateway/NAT/IPFW box. That way, I figured, my gateway/firewall box >would get the time from a reliable time source and then the rest of my >boxes would look to it for their time source. Sounded good. Yes. >Until I read this in man ntpdate: "Ntpdate will decline to set the date >if an NTP server (e.g. xntpd(8)) is running on the same host". A typical setup is to run ntpdate once during boot-up to make sure your clock is right, and then start xntpd to keep it right. Your plan to then use the gateway machine to serve time for the lan is perfectly reasonable. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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