On 10/23/07, Boris Goldberg <boris@twopoint.com> wrote:
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> You  don't  really  need ntpd on all systems. One (timeserver) runs ntpd,
> and others use rdate, called from cron (once a day is usually enough).

While your suggestion would work, it would also entail more work
without adding benefit. Upon install, you get the question of whether
you want to use ntpd. Starting with 4.2, it even asks for a specific
NTP server.

Using ntpd gets you better synchronisation without the need of setting
something up with cron. Rdate will work, but the work developers put
into (further integrating) ntpd makes rdate appear rather ...
outdated.

Cheers,

Rogier

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