Re: "ntpdate" versus "ntpd"

From: Ian Wallace (iwallace_at_eforceglobal.com)
Date: 01/30/04

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Date: 30 Jan 2004 11:36:10 -0700

    On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 10:57, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@vitalstream.com>
    > Sent: Jan 30, 2004 12:29 PM
    > To: fedora-list@redhat.com
    > Subject: Re: "ntpdate" versus "ntpd"
    >
    > > "ntpd -q" should do the same thing as "ntpdate". Of course, a simple
    > > scan of the man page would have revealed this.
    >
    > i really hate it when i have to prove that i'm not as dumb as i sound.
    > as i'm sure i mentioned in a previous posting, "ntpd -q" does *not* have
    > the same behaviour as "ntpdate".
    >
    > ntpdate works immediately, as far as i can tell. from reading the man
    > page (and from personal experimentation), "ntpd -q" does *not* work
    > immediately. it may very well work at the next sync event, but that
    > does not necessarily mean immediately.
    >
    > all i'm asking is if there is an invocation of ntpd that emulates the
    > clearly deprecated ntpdate utility. if not, that's cool, i can live with
    > it. but please don't suggest i go RTFM when i have obviously done
    > that, referred to it, and pointed out that it's not quite the same.
    >
    > methinks it really is time to hit www.ntp.org for the definitive docs.
    >

    There's a really nice writeup on why they are deprecating ntpdate in
    section 6 of the FAQ. It goes into a lot of detail on the history of it
    but no work around really.

    Hope that helps a bit. It's located here:

    http://www.ntp.org/ntpfaq/NTP-s-config.htm

    ian

    > rday
    >
    > 

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