Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:57:23 -0600 From: "Lord Sith" <lordsith49@hotmail.com> To: freebsduser@attbi.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time Problem in 5.0 Message-ID: <Law11-F69C7tXjs5FGJ000059d8@hotmail.com>
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Also from nptd's man page: -q Exit the ntpd just after the first time the clock is set. This behavior mimics that of the ntpdate(8) program, which is to be retired. The -g and -x options can be used with this option. So this option comes close, but only mimics. So I would prefer to avoid the mess that would come with waiting for ntpd to do its thing and use a program that does no more than what I want it to. My personal preference though... I tend to be a minimalist when it comes to running things on my boxes. >From: K Anderson <freebsduser@attbi.com> >To: Lord Sith <lordsith49@hotmail.com> > >Lord Sith wrote: >>>From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> >>>To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> >>>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 <shantanoo@ieee.org> 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" > 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. > > >> >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. >>http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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" >> > >From ntpd's man page - > In some cases it may not be practical for ntpd to run continuously. A >common workaround has been to run the ntpdate(8) program from a cron(8) job >at designated times. However, this program does not have the crafted >signal processing, error checking and mitigation algorithms of ntpd. The >-q option is intended for this purpose. Setting this option will cause ntpd >to exit just after setting the clock for the first time. The proce-dure >for initially setting the clock is the same as in continuous mode; most >applications will probably want to specify the iburst keyword with the >server configuration command. With this keyword a volley of messages are >exchanged to groom the data and the clock is set in about a minute. If >nothing is heard after a couple of minutes, the daemon times out and exits. > After a suitable period of mourning, the ntpdate(8) program may be >retired. > >There's more, so take a look at it. And if you're worried about an open >port while ntpd is doing it's thing then create a firewall rule to block >incoming requests or determine how you can get ntpd to listen only on >localhost or something. > >Problem solved. > > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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