David Taylor writes: > On 21/02/2015 07:04, William Unruh wrote: > [] > > orphan mode is about a group of computers. "Orphan Mode allows a group > > of ntpd processes to automonously select a leader in the event that all > > real time sources become unreachable (i.e. are inaccessible)." > > > > chrony's is that you can enter the time by hand (Ie, by typing a current > > time and hitting enter) on a single machine. You are the "remote clock". N > ow, how useful that > > is now adays is open to question, but in the past with telephone modems > > and flaky connections it was worth something. And if you are setting up > > something on the Hebrides or on a buoy in the Atlantic where no > > connection of anykind is possible, it could be useful. > > Ie, it IS different from orphan mode. > > "Things chronyd can do that ntpd can?t: chronyd provides support for > isolated networks whether the only method of time correction is manual > entry (e.g. by the administrator looking at a clock)." > > The claim is for "networks", not single machines.
And how does ntpd not support this case? (David, I know this is not something you are claiming.) H _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
