Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 5/8/2011 5:07 AM, Spyros Tsiolis wrote: >> >> OK, >> >> So what you people say is : >> >> 1. Run "ntpdate" during startup only once >> 2. After that, keep time with ntpd >> >> Right ? > > When running ntpd don't run ntpdate at startup, or any time. Use one > or the other, not both (if you incorrectly use both, ntpdate will > throw off drift calculations in ntpd). This is the proper setup for > bare metal hosts.
The usual setup is to do exactly that though - ntpdate (now sntp) at startup to make sure the initial setting is reasonable, then ntpd to keep it in sync. /Per Jessen, Zürich
