On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 10:16:31AM -0700, John Oliver wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 09:44:44AM -0700, Lan Barnes wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 05:46:36PM -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
> > > Lan Barnes wrote:
> > >
> > > >As I've already said, I expect drift ... meetcha tomorrow in half an
> > > >hour.
> > >
> > > Um, why will it drift?
> > >
> > > Turn on ntp. Really. ntp does a phenomally good job of keeping clocks
> > > synchronized while still maintaining monotonicity (which is required for
> > > reliable source control timestamps).
> > >
> > > With pool.ntp.org providing automagic time servers, there really isn't
> > > any good reason not to use it anymore.
> > >
> > > ntp will actually work out what the consistent drift in your clock is
> > > and cancel it out. It's that good. However, if you really are drifting
> > > that badly, it's probably time to replace the battery on the motherboard.
> > >
> > > -a
> > >
> >
> > I've used npt and it was ... nice, I guess, but not enough that I want
> > to go through setting it up again with all my other priorities.
>
> There's no "setting it up" required. You could move /etc/ntpd.conf and
> then write a new one that says "server pool.ntp.org", and then start
> ntpd. That's it. I'm sure that there are other things you could put
> in, but that one line will work. Even George Bush could do it! :-D
Oh :-P
Do I tell you what to do with your time?
There's man ntpd and reading and testing and making sure it comes up on
boot, and I DOAN WANNA DO IT RIGHT NOW.
When my mother died I decided to leave the job open.
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Lan Barnes
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Tcl/Tk Enthusiast
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never
forget us.
- Henrik Tikkanen
Nor forgive us.
- me
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