Re: Considering the removal of ntpdate

[Bernd Eckenfels <bernd-09@eckenfels.net>]

In article <[🔎] 20090423163842.GE7944@anguilla.noreply.org> you wrote:
> I regularly* use ntpdate -u -q -d (unpriv, query, debug).  It's useful
> for debugging or just querying other ntp servers.  Does the ntpd suite
> provide anything with similar functionality?

I think ntpdc can provide most of that:

$ ntpdc -c sysinfo pool.ntp.org
system peer:          ntps1-1.cs.tu-berlin.de
system peer mode:     client
leap indicator:       00
stratum:              2
precision:            -20
root distance:        0.01495 s
root dispersion:      0.03755 s
reference ID:         [130.149.17.8]
reference time:       cd9b909c.32397ba9  Fri, Apr 24 2009  3:13:00.196
system flags:         auth monitor ntp kernel stats
jitter:               0.006210 s
stability:            0.000 ppm
broadcastdelay:       0.003998 s
authdelay:            0.000001 s

Gruss
Bernd