Re: What package contains the time daemon?
On Sunday, 26 July 2015 05:30:04 UTC+1, CaT wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:32:53PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > It is, once ntpdate has slammed the correct time into the system at boot
> > time, then ntp takes over.
>
> Unless I misremember, you don't even need ntpdate. Starting ntp with
> -g will do just fine (and it's the default config - I add -N). I don't
> even have ntpdate installed.
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Years ago, there was some concern about load on ntp servers. And we didn't all have always-on connections. I guess that is still the case. Ntpdate could be run from cron as often as necessary. It was usually good enough unless the computer's internal clock drifted alarmingly.
anxiousmac
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