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. :) >
>From ntpd(8): -s Set the time immediately at startup if the local clock is off by more than 180 seconds. Allows for a large time correc- tion, eliminating the need to run rdate(8) before starting ntpd. Or is that not what you meant? Just put ntpd_flags="-s" into /etc/rc.conf.local. -- Mark