Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 07:05:41 -0700 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to update the hosts clock as part of cron daily? Message-ID: <CADV=szXFPP5y8Z1=jdB%2BzMP05PDDrfzH%2Bh9j5kRuGPJqjSX-Hg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55EEE94E.4060906@gmail.com> References: <55EEE94E.4060906@gmail.com>
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I run ntpdate at boot and ntpd afterwards to keep it in sync. Copying a few lines from /etc/defaults/rc.conf is pretty much all there is to it. Search that file for ntpdate and ntpd if I remember correctly. Brian On Sep 8, 2015 6:57 AM, "Ernie Luzar" <luzar722@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello List; > > My host motherboard clock is losing about 3 seconds a day. > I have replaced the the motherboard battery but this did not help. > So now I want to run "ntpd -q" or ntpdate once a day as part of > cron:periodic:daily. > I see 480.status-ntpd but no info on what it does or how to active if. > > What is the normal practice to accomplish this? > > Thanks > Ernie > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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