On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:50 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> By default, ntpd doesn't seem to want to do > >> a step correction to fix large clock errors on startup (there's > >> probably an option for that). > > > > That's for ntp-client to do. > > In additon to being a server, ntpd _is_ an ntp client.
But ntpd will not handle large jumps in time, such as when booting with a broken CMOS clock. So you run /etc/init.d/ntp-client as well, which gets the clock right at boot time, then ntpd can keep it right. > Are you talking about running ntpclient > (http://doolittle.icarus.com/ntpclient) instead of ntpd? No. % qlist net-misc/ntp | grep init.d /etc/init.d/ntpd /etc/init.d/ntp-client -- Neil Bothwick Did you hear about the blind prostitute? You have to hand it to her.
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