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Date:      Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:52:12 -0600 (CST)
From:      Don Read <dread@texas.net>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
Subject:   Re: mysterious xntpd
Message-ID:  <XFMail.991111115212.dread@texas.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911111713520.48423-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On 11-Nov-99 Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> But doesn't ntpdate do the samw thing in one quick step, without needing
> anything after that?  In the Complete FreeBSD, it implied that
> intermittent connections would probably do better with ntpdate.  When i
> run it, it just seems to instantly set the right time and exit, with no
> daemons or synch time to worry about.
> 

on my home box, root has the crontab entry:

17 0,6,21 * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate tick.usno.navy.mil >> /var/log/ntp.log

-- 
Don Read                                 dread@calcasieu.com
EDP Manager                                  dread@texas.net
Calcasieu Lumber Co.                               Austin TX
-- No Coffee   No Peace


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