Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 17:19:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> To: Casey Scott <casey@nixfusion.com> Cc: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ntpd Message-ID: <20020407171449.J31541-100000@surreal.nl> In-Reply-To: <001d01c1de46$5557d0e0$0601a8c0@nixfusion.com>
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[in reply to Casey Scott <casey@nixfusion.com>, 07/04/02] > > shell script to synchronize my main ntp server with a known good ntp > > server on the net: /etc/periodic/daily/606.ntpdate > > > > #!/bin/sh > > echo " " > > echo "Synchronizing system time:" > > ntpdate ntp.xs4all.nl > > Is that to save the resources that ntpd uses If this question was directed at me: no I *am* running ntpd - only even my box that keeps time best has the tendency to drift, so I synchronize it from the net not only at boot time, but every night. The other boxes synchronize from this box, but I don't want to put the load of all machines on the nameserver operated by my ISP.. > or does it (ntpdate) circumvent the kernel's 1 second adjustment > limitation? ntpdate can use both methods of adjustments (-b / -B switch), but I'm not sure if I understood the question right - I haven't followed the whole thread either, so I apologize :) -- Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> | +31 6 24290808 | PGP keyid 0x84813998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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