Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:08:36 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cmos clock to utc time code? Message-ID: <20071109130836.0c6a482c@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <60c2cba1d147b49bb5faf48c10b94add@prodigy.net> References: <cc27b6348de6c5969cade3d9d68fa230@prodigy.net> <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F0642BB68@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> <60c2cba1d147b49bb5faf48c10b94add@prodigy.net>
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:56:44 -0800 jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> wrote: > > On Nov 8, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Brent Jones wrote: > > > There's no time zone setting in a cmos clock. Just set the time to > > whatever UTC is, and you should be good to go. Ideally though, you > > should have the system do an ntpdate command first, which will take > > care > > of the clock issue for you. Just put: > > > > ntpdate_enable="YES" > > > > in your rc.conf file, and it will run before ntpd starts. > I have ntpd_enable="YES" > in /etc/rc.conf already, would there be a conflict? There's no conflict > While this machine is being configured with all the > functional software I want working, hub mail server with > Cyrus, Apache/php/mysql. while I am getting everything > set up and tested the machine will not be running 24/7 > so ntpdate would probably be a better choice, Just run both.
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