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URL: https://rt.openpkg.org/id/230
Ticket: [OpenPKG #230]
Subject: Script rc.ntp is likely flawed in section %hourly
Requestors: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Queue: openpkg
Owner: thl
Status: open
Transaction: Comments added by thl
Time: Thu Aug 07 13:42:54 2003
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On Thu, Aug 07, 2003, Thomas Lotterer wrote:
> once = run ntpdate once at startup
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> daemon = launch ntpd
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> monthly = cron
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> weekly = cron
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> daily = cron
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> hourly = cron
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> quarterly = cron
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> All modes will run ntpdate once at startup (before the daemon is
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> launched). The less frequent cron options will satisfy dialup users.
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done, see http://cvs.openpkg.org/chngview?cn=11552
Note: setting "once" allows explicit sync through
every call to %start snippet, although %stop
and %restart are useless and %status will
never report active=yes in such case. It's
kinda kick-it "once" ...
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