On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 14:56:47 +0000, Matthew Toseland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My understanding is that ntpd, as opposed to ntpdate, is supposed to
> synchronize continuously.. for some definition of "continuously" :)

ntpd does attempt to keep the clock synchronized all the time,
changing servers whenever there's a more accurate time server
available. Also, one of ntpd's duties is to estimate the hardware
clock drift and compensate for it automatically.

More information is available at
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpd.html#op

-- 
  Mika Hirvonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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