From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 1 00:50:47 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D7945D3; Sat, 1 Feb 2014 00:50:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu [18.9.25.15]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A21AF1A57; Sat, 1 Feb 2014 00:50:46 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190f-f790b6d000000c3a-c7-52ec43b12f7b Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) (using TLS with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 49.EC.03130.1B34CE25; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:45:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id s110jadU022501; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:45:36 -0500 Received: from multics.mit.edu (system-low-sipb.mit.edu [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id s110jXeB026175 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:45:35 -0500 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id s110jXPx007821; Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:45:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:45:33 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk X-X-Sender: kaduk@multics.mit.edu To: Dru Lavigne Subject: Re: svn commit: r43710 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers In-Reply-To: <201401312135.s0VLZCfJ014161@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201401312135.s0VLZCfJ014161@svn.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrNIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrrvR+U2QwdbfIhY/Ph5isuhqUrW4 sWg/k8Xu/l5mBxaPGZ/mswQwRnHZpKTmZJalFunbJXBlrHpymqXgGX9F34zLjA2MX3m6GDk5 JARMJNbO/cUMYYtJXLi3nq2LkYtDSGA2k8Tfh++ZIJyNjBLbv/1lBKkSEjgElDnKCZFoYJTY NOsVUBUHB4uAtsSGyYogNWwCahKP9zazQkxVlNh8ahLYBhEg++nXvWBzmAWiJPYsbWQFaRUW CJd4viIJJMwpYCXReuM8WAmvgKPEstbTTBBrLSWOTPjJBmKLCuhIrN4/hQWiRlDi5MwnLBAj LSX+rf3FOoFRaBaS1CwkqQWMTKsYZVNyq3RzEzNzilOTdYuTE/PyUot0TfRyM0v0UlNKNzGC wphTkn8H47eDSocYBTgYlXh4G068DhJiTSwrrsw9xCjJwaQkynvS5E2QEF9SfkplRmJxRnxR aU5q8SFGCQ5mJRFeeWmgHG9KYmVValE+TEqag0VJnPcmh32QkEB6YklqdmpqQWoRTFaGg0NJ gveVA1CjYFFqempFWmZOCUKaiYMTZDgP0HBdJ5DhxQWJucWZ6RD5U4yKUuK8G0ASAiCJjNI8 uF5YmnnFKA70ijBvDkgVDzBFwXW/AhrMBDS458BrkMEliQgpqQbGpTKRO6I+d277q79L8qrX UsG9jacuKlZ92LjuWVxc93nvsrV/VnZP37VrMZ/Y7n+Ss24K8i3a8MQy9vzc+8vUtqw5+MFp T/X2Ey+XBJUfDv9lfnuhlZB1Tln6NqYm79UmQVN/q3/8+am2SGqZ1r7rOYwTpDa5iOoEXpzZ MqXLYEqk3c73URry0UosxRmJhlrMRcWJAE3PXhAOAwAA Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:50:47 -0000 On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Dru Lavigne wrote: > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Fri Jan 31 20:55:48 2014 (r43709) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Fri Jan 31 21:35:11 2014 (r43710) > @@ -5227,208 +5227,158 @@ Starting smbd. > + To only synchronize the clock when a system boots, > + use &man.ntpdate.8;. This alone can be appropriate for ntpd.8 seems to claim that ntpdate is deprecated (to be replaced by 'ntpd -q', I guess?). Yet, we still ship an /etc/rc.d/ntpdate in the base system, so maybe I'm confused as to what exactly is going on. > + desktops which are frequently rebooted. However, > + most systems should > + run ntpdate at boot time as well as configure ntpd. > + This is because ntpd > + changes the clock gradually, whereas ntpdate > sets the clock, no matter how great the difference between a > that server is preferred over other servers. A response > from a preferred server will be discarded if it differs > - significantly from other servers' responses, otherwise it > - will be used without any consideration to other responses. > - The prefer argument is normally used for > - NTP servers that are known to be highly accurate, such as > + significantly from responses; otherwise it "if it differs significantly from responses" seems strange, I think I prefer the original ("from other servers' responses"). -Ben > + will be used. > + The prefer argument should only be used for > + NTP servers that are known to be highly accurate, such as > those with special time monitoring hardware. >