Here is what I use in crontab: 59 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate ntp-dec.usno.navy.mil >> /dev/null
On Sunday 15 December 2002 10:54, Henry House wrote: > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 10:49:57AM -0800, Rod Roark wrote: > > On Sunday 15 December 2002 10:09 am, Henry House wrote: > > > One more suggestion: try ntpdate, a daemonless version of NTP. > > > It will not abruptly change the system time like rdate if the > > > local clock is off by a large amount... > > > > Don't you mean a small amount? From > > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/html/ntpdate.html: > > > > Time adjustments are made by ntpdate in one of two ways. > > If ntpdate determines the clock is in error more than > > 0.5 second it will simply step the time by calling the > > system settimeofday() routine. If the error is less than > > 0.5 seconds, it will slew the time by calling the system > > adjtime() routine. The latter technique is less > > disruptive and more accurate when the error is small, > > and works quite well when ntpdate is run by cron every > > hour or two. > > Er, yes. Thanks. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
