Boris Goldberg wrote:
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> Hello Rogier,
> 
> Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 9:01:32 AM, you wrote:
> 
> RK> On 10/23/07, Boris Goldberg <boris@twopoint.com> wrote:
>>> 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).
> 
> RK> While your suggestion would work, it would also entail more work
> RK> without adding benefit. Upon install, you get the question of whether
> RK> you want to use ntpd. Starting with 4.2, it even asks for a specific
> RK> NTP server.
> 
>   It's always better to don't run a demon if you don't have to. :)
>   Talking  about  a "more work" - I don't think that someone avoiding small
> "after  install"  tuning  like  this  should  be taking care of any network
> besides his home one. ;) Anyway, for the last five years no version of OBSD
> (including  4.2) worked for me without tuning a kernel, so an extra line in
> a crontab is nothing. :)
> 

This is a bad advice.  If you want your machines to be synchronized, use
ntpd.  The bad advice given above will not synchronize your machines time.