On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 04:41:17 -0700 Rick Moen via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> > Yes and no: > > > > -n Use SNTP (old RFC 2030, currently RFC 5905) instead of the RFC > > 868 time protocol. > > > > # rdate -n ntp.xs4all.nl > > Fri Jun 12 12:07:04 CEST 2020 > > Point taken. SNTP _is_ worthy of respect -- but I'd personally rather > have and use full NTP tools, and, given that the later are around and > standard, I don't also need one that does just SNTP (or that plus RFC > 868 Time Protocol). I run openntpd and on boards without RTC I made a /etc/init.d/setboottime using rdate that is started right after the network comes up. After that openntpd and all other scripts find a clock that is not at 1-1-1970 01:00. I know openntpd has an option to set the clock before it starts but at that time I had some problems with it so I stayed with rdate. I used to use ntp and ntpdate -B, but as I switched to openntpd I resolved the non-RTC issue with rdate. Remember that is just the clock of a small board, not a stratum 1 server ;-) R. -- richard lucassen https://contact.xaq.nl/ _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng