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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: What ntp/sntp client do people use?
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:01:24
Message-Id: 20191212100058.75rrcuijca6k2mh4@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] What ntp/sntp client do people use? by Walter Dnes
1 On 2019-12-11 22:18, Walter Dnes wrote:
2
3 > openrdate defaults to set correct time directly, but it does have an
4 > optional parameter to gradually skew local time to the remote time. I
5 > use openrdate in client mode once a month or so to sync a machine.
6
7 NTP (the protocol implemented by both chrony and ntpd) is one of the
8 classic TCP/IP protocols, going back to 1985 (RFC 958). You really
9 should use it the way it was intended, and not adopt various later hacks
10 from the world of Linux distributions.
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