Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:49:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Runkle <drunkle@home.com> To: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Best Time Synch Utility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004060930370.40807-100000@xb.fiddi.com> In-Reply-To: <20000406164548.E39831@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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A really simple one (and it's in the ports) is 'rdate', but size ain't everything. ;) The pkg is only 4k in size. It can be done via cron, once daily, weekly, whatever, stuck in periodic, or even executed from the command line, to set time on your machine or just to check time. # /usr/local/sbin/rdate -s time.u.washington.edu will set your box to the time at your favorite time-server, or just $ /usr/local/sbin/rdate -p time.u.washington.edu Thu Apr 6 09:36:02 2000 $ to give you the time. User privs to 'print' the time, root to actually set the machine. It has a ' -a ' switch to 'gradually skew the time' to match the server without a sudden hop. Dave On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Ben Smithurst wrote: > Bhishan Hemrajani wrote: > > > I prefer xntpd as you don't have to run it periodically, it will > > automatically update. > > You should remember than not everyone has the luxury of a 24/7 Internet > connection, and ntpdate is much more convenient in that case. > > > xnptd comes with FreeBSD, so you don't have to install it. > > ntpdate does too (you probably know this, the original poster might > not). > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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