On 2012-08-08, Chuck Swiger <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks probably never should use the LOCAL clock with a recent ntpd.
The Undisciplined Local Clock (aka "LOCAL") should never be used unless an ntpd must be able to serve time to others in the absence of real time sources. > By definition, if you're using it your offset is always zero: if you > know it is off, updating it to the right time rather than fudging makes > far more sense. Use orphan mode instead: Neither mode provides a "better" undisciplined clock. Both modes merely allow an ntpd to claim to be synced when, in reality, it is freewheeling. The main advantage to using Orphan Mode is that it allows a group of systems to autonomously select a leader. -- Steve Kostecke <[email protected]> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
