Re: how does ntpdate work ?

To: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@connexer.com>, harm <harmweites@gmail.com>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: how does ntpdate work ?
From: harm <harmweites@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:42:20 +0200
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apt-get install ntp

i will just asume that wil sync every Xtime. Lets read the manpage now, ok :)

thnx

On 10/18/06, Roberto C. Sanchez < roberto@connexer.com> wrote:

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:36:08PM +0200, harm wrote:
> i think i should read those /usr/share/doc files more often :p
>
> however, ntpdate is only started once (on bootup) and it never needs to
> resync afterwords ? since its not in ps aux...
>

If you want something to resync periodically, then use ntp. The purpose
of ntpdate is for occasional one-time syncronization.

Regards,

-Roberto

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