Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 08:53:35 -0600 From: "Lord Sith" <lordsith49@hotmail.com> To: howcanthisbe300@hotmail.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpdate and ntpd questions Message-ID: <Law11-F967a0xtAEHLB00007a83@hotmail.com>
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Oh no! Not this flamewar again! The man page has said ntpdate will be removed 'soon' for a long time. Given the number of people (like me) that prefer ntpdate's "hack" over the "official" ntpd -q in certain situations, I have a feeling that 'soon' may be a while... >From: "How Can ThisBe" <howcanthisbe300@hotmail.com> >To: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: ntpdate and ntpd questions >Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 14:28:37 +0000 > >ntpdate works perfectly for setting the local clock time using the >following syntax: >ntpdate ntp1.t-online.de > >However `man ntpdate' states that ntpdate will be removed 'soon' and that I >should use `ntpd -q' instead. So I read up on ntpd but I can not seem to >get it to >work at all. ntpdate is perfectly simple and I'm guessing ntpd is just as >simple so I >must be missing something, I just have no idea at all what that 'something' >could >be. > >I just want to be able to set the time :] > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to >http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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