Hi Carlos, Nachricht vom Freitag, 4. April 2003, 00:50:08:
> Hi Timo, > On April 3, 2003 10:09 am, Timo Boettcher wrote: >> Hi! >> >> In the last GWN >> http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030401-newsletter.xml#doc_chap8 >> there was something on how to sync the local clock using rdate. >> Whats the difference to using ntpdate? > In my understanding ntpdate is now deprecated in favor of being rolled into > ntpd itself. So it should really not be used anymore. So ntpdate will cease to exist? Any hint on why? > Also, in my understanding, rdate is a one time thing when you execute it. As is ntpdate... > And must be put into a cron job to constantly keep your clock > accurate. > Whereas ntpd is a daemon that can be started and kept running. > Doing the work of keeping your clock accurate automatically as it > interogates time servers for you. But rdate/ntpdate do this, too or is there a difference between them? ntpd can make the clock go faster/slower for continuosly going right. Or did I get this wrong? Also I heard once that use of all r* programs should be carefully considered because of security reasons... does rdate count to this group? Timo -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
