Harlan Stenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems to me a topic related to initially getting the time set on > a box is the ability to determine the 'synchronization status' of > ntpd.
> Toward that end, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/NtpdsSyncStatus > has been created. > I'd appreciate folks taking a look at that page, commenting and > discussing the issues. The definition of 'correct' time How about the following: * The decoded system status bits contain sync_ntp * (obsolete) ntpd is in state S_SYNC (which Dave is renaming to EVNT_SYNC) * any slew adjustment in-process is under X (where X is configurable) * Do we care about the root dispersion? If this is in the context of a quick, initial time setting I would wonder if I (for some number of I's) "really" care if none of the time sources I ask aren't yet synced? I'm wondering if being set to a time close to that of an unsynced server above me in the tree is better than no time setting at all. rick jones -- Wisdom Teeth are impacted, people are affected by the effects of events. these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
