Time server...how to set it up on FC1?

[Markku Kolkka]

Rodolfo J. Paiz kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika tiistai, 13. 
huhtikuuta 2004 02:27):
> Not quite true. "ntpdate" checks the time on an NTP server
> just once,

Wrong. ntpdate queries each server given on the command line 
multiple times, 4 by default but this can be changed with the 
"-p" parameter. Use "ntpdate -d" to see how this works.

> and then forcefully changes the local system time 
> to whatever result it got from the server, regardless of what
> that result was and with no sanity checks.

The results from time servers are checked by a subset of 
filtering routines used by ntpd and small (<0.5s) clock changes 
are done by "slewing" the clock, not by instantly jumping the 
clock.

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	Markku Kolkka
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