Re: NTP considered basic

[Rod Dorman <rodd_(_at_)_polylogics_(_dot_)_com>]

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, 14:59:30, Ben Goren wrote:
B> rdate does not run  continually against multiple servers--that is,
B> it's only  a replacement for ntpdate  and not ntpd. If it  were, I
B> suspect  that most  people's reason  to use  ntp instead  of rdate
B> would go away.   ...

You've  got  it.   Its  really  handy  when ntp automagicly handles time
sources  disappearing  when  the  host  disappears  or  a network hiccup
occurs.

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