2007/10/25, Boris Goldberg :

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> 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:

> >>

> >>   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).

ntpd -s; sleep 300; pkill ntpd
Piotr Kapczuk