On 5/7/05, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 02:23:21PM -0400, Eric Dunbar wrote: > > Should ntpd -q be run as a cron job? Seems a little strange for a > > daemon to run as a cron job. > > > > Anyone have experience with ntpd? > > Yes, I don't have a YD system up at the moment, but it worked fine under > 3.0. > > This is the file that I use on my main time server in /etc/ntp.conf (it's > an old redhat machine, check the name.) > > server ntp.netvision.net.il > driftfile /etc/ntp/drift > authenticate no > > Make sure that ntpd can write the drift file and it is primed with a number, > such as root "echo "1" >/etc/ntp/drift". > > The YD system had the name of this one as it's server.
So, did your YDL system run ntpd continuously or ntpdate as a cron job? I'm wondering what would be the "optimal" solution. Eric. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
