Correcting computer time using ntpdate & ntp

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

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.

Geoff.


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