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Date:      Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:58:13 -0500 (EST)
From:      Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: ntpdate problems in /etc/rc.conf
Message-ID:  <20021103145642.E17360-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
In-Reply-To: <3DBE0DC0.8030209@owt.com>

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On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Kent Stewart wrote:
> > ntpdate_enable="YES"             # Run ntpdate to sync time on boot (or NO).
> > ntpdate_program="/usr/sbin/ntpdate"     # path to ntpdate, if you want a different one.
> > ntpdate_flags="-b clock.isc.org"              # Flags to ntpdate (if enabled).
> > My clock still says it is 20:11 PM when it is really 19:11 PM right now!
> > Am I missing something, or needing to set the CMOS/motherboard clock...?
> I thought ntpdate had to be run manually or via a cron job. I have an
> ntpd running and it changed immediately after 2am.
> Kent
> Kent Stewart
> Richland, WA
> http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html

The way I understand it, ntpd runs constantly, keeping your PC's clock
accurate, whereas ntpdate is often called once via a cron or at boot time.

My clock is accurate now, isc.org must not have set their time right away.

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