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From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
To: Mark.Olear@colorado.edu, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/1968: rdate(8) implementation (from NetBSD)
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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 17:00:53 PST
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> Does rdate use something other than NTP?

Yes, it uses the "time" service which inetd services.  Therefore, it works
even if you don't have an NTP server anywhere; all you need is someone
who hasn't commented out the "time" service from their inetd.conf.

  Bill