Hello Pierre-Yves,

Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 11:39:10 AM, you 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).

PYR> I hope nobody takes what you say seriously. Running rdate instead of
PYR> ntpd like you describe is wrong for many reasons which have been stated
PYR> over and over in the last few years. Please do not spread wrong
PYR> information around, and do your homework before giving others advice
PYR> on what you think is good sysadmin practice.

  The  ntpd  from  OBSD  is  raw  and lame yet. It takes days (!) to really
synchronize, adjusting time and clock frequency back and forth (even if you
start  with  -s) so it's too early to say that using it is "right". It will
be "right" after it matures, gets more useful synchronization algorithm and
it's own ntpdate (or a parameter to synchronize and exit).

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 Boris                            mailto:boris@twopoint.com