* Paul W. Abrahams <abrahams@acm.org> [12-16-05 18:29]:
But that still leaves the following question. If ntpd relies only on the drift file to keep the system clock accurate, sooner or later the system clock will wander. Supposedly if ntpd is running, the drift value is updated on halt. But what if the machine is never turned off? Is there some way to get ntpd to consult its collection of timeservers periodically and/or update the drift value?
You can answer all your questions and get a better understanding of the function of the ntp daemon if you would spend a few minutes reading the beginning of the voluminous documentation available for ntp. Also there are *many* faq's in existance. Carlos Robinson has written a good one. *You* need to do this because your questions show that you know *very* little of the function of ntp. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2