In article <[email protected]>, Mayuresh <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 12:46:19AM -0000, David Lord wrote: >> My own /var/log/ntp/ntp.log has nothing and /var/log/messages >> just confirms I don't have a problem so maybe the OP should >> give some more details. > >I realize, the time taken is not by ntpd, but by ntpdate. I have both >enabled in my rc.conf. > >But ntpdate does take something close to 20s. > >The reason I keep ntpdate enabled is, the system is also used with an >alternative OS (Linux) and sometimes the clock is found offset by GMT to >my time zone's difference. Starting just ntpd just gives up and does not >correct this difference.
Use the right kern.rtc_offset. >Is it alright to keep ntpdate enabled by default? Why does it take so >long? Yes, find the machine it cannot connect to and remove it. christos
