From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 00:04:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4350016A4CF for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:04:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mg4.xecu.net (mg4.xecu.net [216.127.136.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07AE143D55 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:04:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mg4.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DC882C1EB4 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:03:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mg4.xecu.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mg4.xecu.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 76104-05 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:03:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pcnbs.pfcs.com (harlan.xecu.net [216.127.150.112]) by mg4.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 150192C1E85 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:03:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dog.pfcs.com (dog.pfcs.com [192.52.69.47]) by pcnbs.pfcs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28039263C; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:03:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost [127.0.0.1] (HELO dog.pfcs.com) by dog.pfcs.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) via ESMTP id ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:03:42 -0400 (EDT) To: David Magda In-Reply-To: David Magda's (dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca) message <6CDBFD00-BFF1-11D8-AF71-000A95B96FF8@ee.ryerson.ca> X-Face: "csXK}xnnsH\h_ce`T#|pM]tG,6Xu.{3Rb\]&XJgVyTS'w{E+|-(}n:c(Cc* $cbtusxDP6T)Hr'k&zrwq0.3&~bAI~YJco[r.mE+K|(q]F=ZNXug:s6tyOk{VTqARy0#axm6BWti9C d User-Agent: EMH/1.10.0 SEMI/1.13.7 (Awazu) FLIM/1.13.2 (Kasanui) XEmacs/21.1 (patch 14) (Cuyahoga Valley) (i386--freebsd) MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.13.7 - "Awazu") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:03:42 -0400 Message-ID: <18173.1087430622@dog.pfcs.com> From: Harlan Stenn X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at xecu.net cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTPD and SecureLevel X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:04:06 -0000 > ntpd(8) doesn't actually change the time by making it 'jump' to the > correct time; it slows down or speeds up the rate at which the timer > runs at. Sometimes ntpd will step (jump) the time. H -- > So if your system time is ahead of the 'real' time, ntpd will slow down > the rate at which time passes ('one second' on the system clock will > actually take longer than a 'real' second to pass). Similarly if your > system time is behind the 'real' time ntpd will adjust the rate so that > timer will run faster than 'real' time. > > This way there are no 'jumps' in time: it is continuous. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"