On Thursday 12 June 2003 15:33, David wrote: > I had 3 servers and when looking in the logs, saw a lot of > connection problems. Also, system was showing problem stopping > the ntpd when shutting down or rebooting. > If I would check the server it was usually fine from my memory. > Also, I think it would depend on if your system keeps time well or not. > My system is usually on the money except for a few secs or so. > I have ntpd setup on my Dad's system cause his time is off a lot. > I haven't heard any complaint from him though, like I had. > > Have also seen a lot of people recommending ntpdate over ntpd. Maybe > they had the same problem or it's just another urban myth. :) >
I don't know but the use of ntpd is to be prefered over ntpdate as ntpd prevents time lapses, or even double occurence of the same time, which can be a cause of problems in compilation (makefiles rely on good times). Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.cs.kun.nl/~pauldv
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