Danny Mayer wrote:
> David Woolley wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> M.C. van den Bovenkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yes. As long as it is synchronized, it will update the hardware
>>> clock every 11 minutes. Just a 'single shot' ntpd -g -q is *not*
>>> enough for
>>
>>
>> ntpd does not update the CMOS clock.  The linux kernel updates it
>> after anything declares the time to be synchronised, using the
>> adjtimex system call.  You can do that with the ntptime utility
>> without ever running ntpd.
>>
>
> The Windows version is supposed to. I don't know about the other
> O/S's.
> Danny

Only when you stop NTP, though [in the Windows version].  Not during 
routine operation, as that would affect the system time.

David 


_______________________________________________
questions mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions

Reply via email to