From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 21:33:23 2004 Return-Path: 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 8727816A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:33:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 947DC43D41 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:33:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 28700 invoked by uid 65534); 22 Sep 2004 21:33:21 -0000 Received: from flb.schmalzbauer.de (EHLO cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de) (62.245.232.135) by mail.gmx.net (mp024) with SMTP; 22 Sep 2004 23:33:21 +0200 X-Authenticated: #301138 From: Emanuel Strobl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:33:09 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <415197F9.3080901@verizon.net> <200409222152.12582.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> <20040922172717.280ed3af.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040922172717.280ed3af.wmoran@potentialtech.com> X-OS: FreeBSD X-Birthday: 10/06/72 X-Address: Munich, 80686 X-Tel: +49 89 18947781 X-CelPhone: +49 173 9967781 X-Country: Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1930876.UouWhLQkvo"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409222333.13968.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> cc: alden.pierre@verizon.net cc: Bill Moran Subject: Re: Ntpd assistance X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:33:23 -0000 --nextPart1930876.UouWhLQkvo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Mittwoch, 22. September 2004 23:27 schrieb Bill Moran: > Emanuel Strobl wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 22. September 2004 17:19 schrieb alden.pierre: > > > /etc/rc.conf contains the following: > > > > > > ntpdate_enable=3D"YES" > > > ntpdate_flags=3D"timex.cs.columbia.edu" > > > xntpd_enable=3D"YES" # Run ntpd Network Time Protocol > > > > > > /etc/ntpd.conf contains the following: > > > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't ntpd 4.1 use ntp.conf instead of > > ntpd.conf? > > > > You can try -c /etc/ntpd.conf > > > > -Harry > > In addition to this minor error ... > > I don't believe you can reliably run both ntpdate and xntpd. Besides, This is working because ntpdate is invoked only once at startup, which is, = in=20 my case, because of possible empty BIOS-Battery where the date would be wro= ng=20 for several years which causes ntpd to refuse to adjust the time. I use generally ntpdate at startup before ntpd keeps the kernel time in syn= c. =2DMano > if you plan to run xntpd anyway, just set xntpd_flags=3D"-g" and it will > behave the same as ntpdate at startup, as well as running continually > to ensure your clock stays synced. --nextPart1930876.UouWhLQkvo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD4DBQBBUe+ZBylq0S4AzzwRAgUVAJ92bF3qN3qe9tx631xFOrxQFBNZDQCY0ZSU czUGGdWVWg00MNayrBsHkA== =m+HC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1930876.UouWhLQkvo--