In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maxim Sobolev writes:
: Why? As long as the timed is in the base system and serves the basic
: need to syncronise time across several machines in the LAN I do not
: see any objections to not use it. Its main advantage that it's
: permit updating time via ntpdate (the thing that xntpd doesn't allow
: to do) which is particularly useful for dial-up connections.
ntpdate is not needed when you are running xntpd. That's the point of
xntpd, lots of small skews in the frequency of the system rather than
jerking the system time around too much.
Warner
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