Re: ntpd crashes.
On Tue, 2012-09-11 at 12:54 +0200, Mauro wrote:
> On 11 September 2012 10:58, Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> > Mauro <mrsanna1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I think the best solution is uninstall ntp and use ntpdate with cron.
> >
> > Not a particularly good solution for a number of reasons. Mainly, though,
> > you need to be aware that ntpdate is quite likely to jump the clock.
>
> If ntp stops running with apparently no reasons I don't know what else I can do.
> I need to have time synchronized between my servers.
I'm a ntpdate and sntp user. I never had issues using ntpdate and sntp
manually. I don't sync the clock by a cron job. Does "jump the clock"
mean that the time is synced hard, ignoring timestamps?
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