[ntp:questions] Re: Difference between Ntpdate and NTPDaemon
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Mon May 15 17:46:38 UTC 2006
Leandro Pfleger de Aguiar wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I was looking for detailed information about differences between ntpdate and ntpd and have found this:
>
> "Finally, since ntpdate does not discipline the host clock frequency as does ntpd, the accuracy using ntpdate is limited."
>
> Since both, ntpdate and ntpd used adjtime() kernel function to adjust system clock, what this phrase means? What is it intend to say ?
>
> Tanks
>
> Leandro P.
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ntpd "steers" the local clock much the way you would steer an automobile
to stay in your lane on a highway. At each poll interval, it compares
the local clock to the servers clocks and makes corrections to the local
clock frequency.
Ntpdate, OTOH, gets the time from a server, sets the local clock and exits.
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