Re: Proper Method of Time Sync? (added: time server choices)

2006-04-18 Thread John Murphy
Murray Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also read this http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/dlink/ For how not to do it !! What a sorry tale! I had previously read about some of Poul's time-geek activities. So sad that his efforts should be vandalised like that. Unbelievable that some people think

RE: Proper Method of Time Sync? (added: time server choices)

2006-04-17 Thread Murray Taylor
To: Pete Slagle; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proper Method of Time Sync? At 06:41 AM 4/15/2006, Pete Slagle wrote: ntpd_flags=-A -p /var/run/ntpd.pid Just curious, why disable authentication (with -A)? 'Cause that's how it's shown in the quick dirty example in The Handbook or FAQ

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-15 Thread Pete Slagle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rc.conf: ntpd_sync_on_start=YES# Sync time on ntpd startup, even if offset is high ntpd_flags=-A -p /var/run/ntpd.pid Just curious, why disable authentication (with -A)? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-15 Thread wmc20
At 06:41 AM 4/15/2006, Pete Slagle wrote: ntpd_flags=-A -p /var/run/ntpd.pid Just curious, why disable authentication (with -A)? 'Cause that's how it's shown in the quick dirty example in The Handbook or FAQ or something ;) I didn't find much other info on it, but I figured you had to

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread Jonathan Horne
i have read about 2 methods to sync the time on a freebsd box. 1) add these entries to /etc/rc.conf: ntpdate_enable=YES ntpdate_flags=us.pool.ntp.org ... and let the system do a one-time sync at bootup, and rely on this single method for timesync. 2) add this entry to /etc/rc.conf

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 14), Jonathan Horne said: i have read about 2 methods to sync the time on a freebsd box. 1) add these entries to /etc/rc.conf: ntpdate_enable=YES ntpdate_flags=us.pool.ntp.org ... and let the system do a one-time sync at bootup, and rely on this single method for

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread Chuck Swiger
Jonathan Horne wrote: [ ...ntpdate versus ntpd... ] so, i have a workstation and a server, which i originally did method 1 on, but soon enough, time drifted quite a bit. so i switched it to the 2nd method, and they appear to be sync'd perfectly. a third box i set up, i did only method 2, and

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Jonathan Horne wrote: i have read about 2 methods to sync the time on a freebsd box. 1) add these entries to /etc/rc.conf: ntpdate_enable=YES ntpdate_flags=us.pool.ntp.org ... and let the system do a one-time sync at bootup, and rely on this single method for timesync. 2) add this entry to

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread wc_fbsd
At 11:40 AM 4/14/2006, Jonathan Horne wrote: i have read about 2 methods to sync the time on a freebsd box. ...i have a workstation and a server, which i originally did method 1 on, but soon enough, time drifted quite a bit. so i switched it to the 2nd method, and they appear to be sync'd

RE: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread Brock, Anthony - NET
At 11:40 AM 4/14/2006, Jonathan Horne wrote: i have read about 2 methods to sync the time on a freebsd box. ...i have a workstation and a server, which i originally did method 1 on, but soon enough, time drifted quite a bit. so i switched it to the 2nd method, and they appear to be sync'd

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread RW
On Friday 14 April 2006 16:53, Dan Nelson wrote: ntpd takes a while to sync up and by default won't adjust the clock if it's more than 1000 seconds off, so it's a good idea to enable ntpdate as well. What bothers me about that is that ntpdate uses a single server to determine the time. I

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread jdow
From: RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 14 April 2006 16:53, Dan Nelson wrote: ntpd takes a while to sync up and by default won't adjust the clock if it's more than 1000 seconds off, so it's a good idea to enable ntpdate as well. What bothers me about that is that ntpdate uses a single server