[ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Wed Dec 7 21:28:55 UTC 2011


Chris wrote:
> Once upon a time, Harlan Stenn  <stenn at ntp.org> said:
> >Again, from what I have seen, BCP (Best Current Practice) is to start
> >ntpd as early as possible in the boot sequence, and then as late as
> >possible in the boot sequence run something like ntp-wait before
> >starting time-sensitive startup-processes and opening the system to
> >general use.
> 
> I use ntpdate in system install scripts (such as RHEL/Fedora kickstart
> configs) to make sure a new system's clock is set correctly (or at least
> close to correctly).  There's no drift file or config, and waiting for a
> daemon to step the clock is not desired in an install script.

Then this discussion doesn't apply to you because you are not going to
run ntpd on the box during this "phase" of installation.

You can get what you want by running sntp or 'ntpd -gq'.

H


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