From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 16 12:50:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA04593 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:50:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns3.noc.netcom.net (ns3.noc.netcom.net [204.31.1.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA04580 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:50:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from tera.com (tera.tera.com [206.215.142.10]) by ns3.noc.netcom.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA11253 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:50:03 -0800 Received: from athena.tera.com by tera.com (4.1/SMI-4.0-206) id AA12185; Fri, 16 Feb 96 12:49:38 PST From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Message-Id: <9602162049.AA12185@tera.com> Subject: daemon to maintain system time? To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:49:50 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Anybody know how easy it would be to write a script to 1) auto dial ppp into my link site (work) 2) fire off nptdate 3) timeout and disconnect? Sometimes I go for a day or two of connecting to the net; and then I don't always remember to do the ntpdate command as root. You'd think that a computer would be able to keep relatively good wallclock time. But I've found that I gain/lose a few minutes a week. The easiest way would be to do what I did on my own system: dial up the NBS every couple of days. Suggestions? gary kline