2007/10/25, Boris Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Mark, > > Thursday, October 25, 2007, 4:13:09 PM, you wrote: > > MZ> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:19:21AM -0500, Boris Goldberg wrote: > >> > >> Thank you very much for that (valuable) reply! > >> BTW, this is an argument for making an OpenNTPD ntpdate tool or adding > >> one_time_synchronization functionality into ntpd. :) > > MZ> From ntpd(8): > > MZ> -s Set the time immediately at startup if the local clock > is off > MZ> by more than 180 seconds. Allows for a large time > correc- > MZ> tion, eliminating the need to run rdate(8) before > starting > MZ> ntpd. > > MZ> Or is that not what you meant? > > MZ> Just put ntpd_flags="-s" into /etc/rc.conf.local. > > No, I mean synchronize_and_exit - like rdate -ncav, but more secure (with > a privilege separation, like Brian explained above in a thread).
ntpd -s; sleep 300; pkill ntpd Piotr Kapczuk