Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:22:07 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntp / ntpdate Message-ID: <20030331172207.GA21589@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <FEEHKMHBPPGLAPHJCDIIMEHNCGAA.arie@gerszt.ch> References: <FEEHKMHBPPGLAPHJCDIIMEHNCGAA.arie@gerszt.ch>
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Ashes to ashes, and DOS to DOS Arie J. Gerszt was heard to say on or about Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 19:06 : > Hi List > How do you update your servers with ntp? I have seen ntpd, > ntpdate, xntpd and are a bit confused. Aside that, ntpdate > never seems to work ( get the offset, but the time stays the > same, securelevel -2, done as root). Read man 8 init . You will see that if secure level is set above 1 that time changes are restricted to less than one second. You just may need to run your ntp programs more often to ensure you stay within that time window. I run my hourly and normally get only about .2 or .3 second offset. iNTEL based HW clocks are not known for long time stability. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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