Hello Mark,
Thursday, October 25, 2007, 4:13:09 PM, you wrote:
MZ> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:19:21AM -0500, Boris Goldberg wrote:

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>>   Thank you very much for that (valuable) reply!

>>   BTW,  this  is  an argument for making an OpenNTPD ntpdate tool or adding

>> one_time_synchronization functionality into ntpd. :)

MZ> From ntpd(8):
MZ>      -s          Set the time immediately at startup if the local clock is off

MZ>                  by more than 180 seconds.  Allows for a large time correc-

MZ>                  tion, eliminating the need to run rdate(8) before starting

MZ>                  ntpd.
MZ> Or is that not what you meant?
MZ> Just put ntpd_flags="-s" into /etc/rc.conf.local.
  No, I mean synchronize_and_exit - like rdate -ncav, but more secure (with

a privilege separation, like Brian explained above in a thread).
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Best regards,

 Boris                            mailto:boris@twopoint.com