From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 3 11:58:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F3EA37B401 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:58:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 035AA43E75 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:58:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C1932CED; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:58:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.7) id 26560-6FEB2BF9; Sun, 03 Nov 2002 14:58:13 -0500 Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25B1732CD0; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:58:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:58:13 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: pete@earl-grey.cloud9.net To: Kent Stewart Cc: FreeBSD LIST Subject: Re: ntpdate problems in /etc/rc.conf In-Reply-To: <3DBE0DC0.8030209@owt.com> Message-ID: <20021103145642.E17360-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.7; VAE: 6.16.0.0; VDF: 6.16.0.11; host: russian-caravan.cloud9.net) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message