On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:33:06PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
> That's probably not safe if you're running ntpd (the two running at once
> doesn't work real well), and not real good even without that - ntpdate can

ok, so you can write a script which run ntpdate and then starts ntpd. of
course, you can run it in the background ;)

> cause the date to jump around, apps that have already started and think they
> know what the time is can get confused by that.

But there are some programs started before running ntpdate, they also may be
confused by date changes :)
every program can be also fooled with ntpdate run from cron etc...

> If you're sitting watching the boot, and ntpdate hangs because the servers
> don't answer, then just ^C it, and continue.

imo this is the best solution.


-- 
open your eyes...1984 is now.