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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
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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 :)

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