On Thursday 16 November 2006 21:19, Kristian Kielhofner wrote:
> > I hate to argue with the guru of AstLinux himself, but I don't see
> > ntpdate anywhere. I'm running 4.4. ntpd is chugging away, but ntpdate
> > seems to be AWOL.
>
> Carla,
>
>         By that's exactly what we do, I meant...
>
>         AstLinux includes OpenNTPD instead of U-Del NTP.  According to:
>
> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd
>
>         If you start ntpd with -s, it will set time immediately upon
> startup, which is exactly what ntpdate does.  That's what we use in
> AstLinux. OpenNTPD is much less complex (and thus smaller and more secure)
> than U-Del ntp, and thanks to -s, you don't need ntpd AND ntpdate :).
>
>         I'm sorry, I should be more specific next time.  Are you having any
> problems?

Thank you! I see I need to unlearn some old habits. No problems with date and 
time, just trying to figure everything out.

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