Re: ntpdate

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Author: Craig White
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: ntpdate
On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 11:29, wrote:
> I have ntpdate installed on a few Debian systems.
>
> During bootup ntpdate trys to update the system time, I have looked int
> /etc/rc2.d and there are no references to ntpdate. I do not want
> ntpdate to run during bootup.

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I always thought of ntpdate as the user run program and ntpd as the
daemon. I definitely recommend having a time server on any network - one
which polls the level 2 time server and then use that machine to sync
all the system clocks on the local lan. Makes NFS/Windows/Mac's all work
in harmony.

Craig

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