On Sep 30, 2007, at 6:13 PM, RW wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:17:30 -0700
jekillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:48 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:
ntpdate is deprecated, you should use "ntpd -q" instead if you want
ntpd to set the time once then exit. From ntpdate(8):
Note: The functionality of this program is now available in the
ntpd(8) program. See the -q command line option in the ntpd(8)
page. After a
suitable period of mourning, the ntpdate utility is to be
retired from
this distribution.
Also, ntpd wil refuse to update the time if the delta is more than
1000s by default, but you can use the -g option to override this.
To set the date to within a reasonable delta, use something like
"date 200709282027". If you want to set the time more accurately
using NTP, edit /etc/ntp.conf and add "server pool.ntp.org" to it.
Save it then run "ntpd -q".
And if you then add
ntpd_enable=YES
ntpdate_enable=YES
to rc.conf, it will all work automatically thereafter. ntpdate will run
at boot-time followed by ntpd.
The removal of ntpdate is something I'll believe in when it happens.
ntpd -q is a superior drop-in replace for ntpdate when it's being run
from cron. OTOH if you run ntpd -q in place of ntpdate at boot (before
starting ntpd), it adds about 15 seconds to the boot-time for no
significant benefit.
Thanks for the info.
So ntp, as I understand it, has to have time servers to reference, and
of course
the system has to be connected to the public network to contact the
time servers.
Are there any security issues with ntp? Or, where can I find info on
security issues
related to ntp?
Update on original question related to the use of date in FreeBSD; I
finally brightened
up and set the time in the bios.
Jeff K
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