[ntp:questions] Re: Initial Setting

mgrd mgrd at gmx.net
Mon Apr 25 19:48:57 UTC 2005


Steve Kostecke wrote:
> On 2005-04-25, Jonathan Allen <jonathan at barumtrading.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>[I]s there a flag that I can set to ask ntpd to
>>ignore the sanity limit for its first adjustment after restart ? This
>>would allow it to sync with the outside world time-servers and reset
>>the strange local clock just once, then behave as usual.
> 
> 
> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpd.html
> 
> Command Line Options
> 
> -g
> 
> Normally, ntpd exits with a message to the system log if the offset
> exceeds the panic threshold, which is 1000 s by default. This option
> allows the time to be set to any value without restriction; however,
> this can happen only once. If the threshold is exceeded after that, ntpd
> will exit with a message to the system log. This option can be used with
> the -q and -x options.
> 
> Or http://www.google.com/search?q=ntpd+sanity+limit ...

why not run `netdate' before starting xntpd to sync first?

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