[ale] ntp for debian workstation

[Jeff Lightner]

No - you're correct - see the earlier reply and response about this.
ntpd runs all the time to query your time servers.  ntpdate is a one
time command but it can be made to run regularly by adding entries for
same to cron.   No reason to do that though since ntpd does it better
using its own config files and is can be configured at a more granular
level.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John
To: ale at ale.org
Heim
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:18 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] ntp for debian workstation

From: "Jim Popovitch" <yahoo at jimpop.com>
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:26 PM
>> I've configured my dhcp server to tell clients the IP address of my
ntp
>> servers.  So I think all I've got to do on each workstation I set up
is
>> 'apt-get install ntp-simple'.
>
> Yep, although that will also pull down ntp.   Have you looked into
> ntpdate as an alternative?

Well, no I hadn't considered ntpdate but that may be due to ignorance
rather 
than a choice. I thought ntpdate is a runs-once program to set the date.
My 
understanding is that if the workstation is going to be on for a long
time, 
the clock can drift. The ntp daemon takes care of that. Since the 
workstations I am working on will stay up for weeks/months (I hope),
ntpdate 
would not work.  Am I wrong?

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