[ale] ntp for debian workstation

James Sumners james.sumners at gmail.com
Tue Jul 17 13:40:34 EDT 2007


That is what I suggest for a workstation. There isn't much point in
running an NTP server to synchronize your desktop clock. ntpdate is
very easy to configure. It runs on boot and periodically checks for a
new delta.

On 7/17/07, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
> Yep, although that will also pull down ntp.   Have you looked into
> ntpdate as an alternative?
>
> -Jim P.


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