[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I hadn't understood what means "stepping" ( applied when offset is > greater than 128 ms ), infact I believed clock converged gradually to > real time with for example (3 sec for minute) in like manner to slewing > method. > Now I understand that stepping set clock immediately to correct time > (both forward and backward) while slewing permit to adjust gradually > time at max 0.5 ms /sec rate (ONLY forward). is'tt OK ? > I'm going to use ntpd -qg to synchronize my Linux DB "clients" because > I think today machine clocks are enough accurate and I don't await > significant offsets (between real time and local time) from first > synchronization, my opinion is to not use service but a program which > starts at specific intervals. > <snip>
There may be a good reason not to run ntpd as a daemon but I can't think of one! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
