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Date:      Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:56:51 +0100
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ntpd / time synchronization
Message-ID:  <20090729135651.42d86325@gumby.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A6FF0CC.8020607@lcwords.com>
References:  <4A6E2DE2.4080606@lcwords.com> <20090728071511.019d583a@scorpio.seibercom.net> <4A6FF0CC.8020607@lcwords.com>

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On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:48:44 +0200
Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Jerry pisze:
> 
> >> ntpd_enable="YES"
> >> ntpd_flags="-g -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
> >> -f /var/db/ntp.drift"
> > 
> > Assuming you are running the system ntpd file, the above are not
> > really required. They are the defaults anyway. Try commenting out
> > the line and restarting ntpd.
> 
> Thank you Jerry - that was the problem. If you want to run a default 
> nptd service, you should not have any ntpd flags in the rc.conf file.

I doubt it, I think you must have done something else to fix it. The
only difference between what you had, and the defaults is the -g
option. That option just allows ntpd to make an initial unlimited
correction rather, rather than exiting if the clock is out by >1000s. 




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