From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 13:49:28 2003 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 3529A37B404 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:49:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f105.law11.hotmail.com [64.4.17.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA44A43FCB for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:49:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lordsith49@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:49:27 -0700 Received: from 198.65.168.17 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 20:49:27 GMT X-Originating-IP: [198.65.168.17] X-Originating-Email: [lordsith49@hotmail.com] From: "Lord Sith" To: wmoran@potentialtech.com, freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:49:27 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Apr 2003 20:49:27.0656 (UTC) FILETIME=[29773E80:01C30B6C] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time Problem in 5.0 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: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 20:49:28 -0000 ntpd only claims to mimic ntpdate in functionality. I'm not excited about the prospect of having another daemon running with root priveldges on a known port for something that only needs to be run maybe two or three times a day. >From: Bill Moran >To: Lowell Gilbert >CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Time Problem in 5.0 >Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:54:06 -0400 > >Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>Shantanu Mahajan writes: >>>| Also, ntpdate is depreciated. You should be using ntpd with the >>>| proper switches/configuration. >>> ntpdate was working *perfectly* with >>> 4.7R,4.8-Stable. >> >> >>So? That's a significantly different version. >> >>Are you *sure* you want to be running 5.0? It doesn't sound like you're >>much of a debugger yourself, and it's not >>as though 5.x is recommended for anybody else yet... > >I'm going to repeat myself here: >ntpdate is depreciated. The functionality in it is duplicated by ntpd. >It shouldn't even be in the 5.0 tree. I'm considering filing a pr to >request that it be removed. Opinions? > >-- >Bill Moran >Potential Technologies >http://www.potentialtech.com > >_______________________________________________ >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" _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus