Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:04:30 -0700 From: "jdow" <jdow@earthlink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proper Method of Time Sync? Message-ID: <060701c66020$2b8a6d30$0225a8c0@Wednesday> References: <5507.208.11.134.3.1145029242.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com><20060414155343.GD89228@dan.emsphone.com> <200604150051.10024.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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From: "RW" <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
> On Friday 14 April 2006 16:53, Dan Nelson wrote:
>
>> ntpd takes a while to sync up and by default won't adjust the clock if
>> it's more than 1000 seconds off, so it's a good idea to enable ntpdate
>> as well.
>
> What bothers me about that is that ntpdate uses a single server to determine
> the time. I can't recall the reference, but I recently read a "horror story"
> where someone synched off a timeserver that had been set to 2038 for testing
> purposes.
Feed it several server names and try it. Use the -q option so it will not
attempt to modify time and the -v option to see what it does in more
detail.
{^_^}
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