From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 5 23:27:29 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 922C81065670 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:27:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsimmons0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541A08FC08 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:27:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk3 with SMTP id k3so3214313ggn.13 for ; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:27:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LR4XcdqmWsNGChjxD04nV35KAvnO0TVxLfoJxr1MTko=; b=Tx5rB7siu3IIhI9A0scI8YNPu6FA3xcXFiX0UGhpw8mX/T8O1engUC88ovmg9PHX0J iurDMwOG2lR8Zd1NPMoLX1tyYjmTabP13n66fEXLrjtKKx8LSKtD68hgPUf29SmssgSH 86sVMBgGLDDLdDe1rojfA2BbOLUb4VfGulCxI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.113.1 with SMTP id q1mr755112anm.126.1320535648491; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:27:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.143.13 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 16:27:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4EB5B9AF.9080101@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20111105220349.GA49530@freebsd.org> <4EB5B9AF.9080101@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:27:28 -0400 Message-ID: From: Robert Simmons To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: ntpdate on boot problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:27:29 -0000 On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > crontabs have this handy '@reboot' syntax... =A0It's all explained in > crontab(5). Thanks! > However, you would be well advised to run ntpd(8) rather than bodging > the clock with ntpdate at intervals. =A0ntpdate is deprecated by the ntp > project, given that ntpd now has the capability to synch the clock the > first time after restart no matter what the offset. =A0Just add these > rc.conf settings: > > ntpd_enable=3D"YES" > ntpd_sync_on_start=3D"YES" Thanks again, this works without any problems. I'm still curious how to get the ntpdate adjustment to occur later in the boot process after the network interface is UP, but now it's merely academic. Rob