From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 8 14:05:46 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABA2A00CBA for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 14:05:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: from mail-la0-f44.google.com (mail-la0-f44.google.com [209.85.215.44]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E103144D for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 14:05:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brian@brianwhalen.net) Received: by lanb10 with SMTP id b10so69377602lan.3 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:05:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=FpGkKeJvLXEsL68UNhxiSJ0UWw8Uwr10AOG6WieMPMk=; b=Z71+33XvV+IlV0McYm+HBHgJaYZlimY/O+EERYuJR1rhHcSGUNRvcgZ1+deMQp4/fs BHfpZ0sMS7g9KRL8G8OA5JSO8CIdsM7AjNSbRf2hPZ7dIioqYbeU1cdw6Y7oj/cQ5igA /2huNjzXquq0cRZVaTDTehR4s4Qr54hUisMNfSXXcqztjvPyWlTf5aKrO9uPnXen95No LNLy54ogoKMGH2xuKPhAeZaSpiY0FxqCSTgZuJnMt9R25QC6YMaonuXd05Bqo/X/r+u8 m8xjdntYMSOlA1EivShNAsgEWpMkt6x/rvt4+mXihrn/nmBgELAXBVxDf0Eva+wbWuJb jTTg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlXURAZDaO7ZOm/lLw5+kghktoxDaHtfb7AgJEAL2LEdtzRc56h6yCMfkpsYDAJhme1qOrj MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.155.195 with SMTP id vy3mr15255107lbb.9.1441721141840; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 07:05:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.133.130 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 07:05:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2606:6000:cd06:7f00:48fe:6784:f8d0:f76b] Received: by 10.25.133.130 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 07:05:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <55EEE94E.4060906@gmail.com> References: <55EEE94E.4060906@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 07:05:41 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to update the hosts clock as part of cron daily? From: "Brian W." To: Ernie Luzar Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:05:46 -0000 I run ntpdate at boot and ntpd afterwards to keep it in sync. Copying a few lines from /etc/defaults/rc.conf is pretty much all there is to it. Search that file for ntpdate and ntpd if I remember correctly. Brian On Sep 8, 2015 6:57 AM, "Ernie Luzar" wrote: > Hello List; > > My host motherboard clock is losing about 3 seconds a day. > I have replaced the the motherboard battery but this did not help. > So now I want to run "ntpd -q" or ntpdate once a day as part of > cron:periodic:daily. > I see 480.status-ntpd but no info on what it does or how to active if. > > What is the normal practice to accomplish this? > > Thanks > Ernie > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >