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- From: isbell@cats.ucsc.edu (Art Isbell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: Drifting clock
- Date: 10 Nov 1992 17:08:16 GMT
- Organization: Cubic Solutions - NeXT software development and consulting
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- Message-ID: <1doqa1INNkn0@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- References: <1992Nov10.021255.8585@cs.brown.edu> <HARDY.92Nov9233637@golem.ps.uci.edu> <1992Nov10.081846.11087@csus.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov10.081846.11087@csus.edu> eps@cs.sfsu.edu writes:
- >In article <HARDY.92Nov9233637@golem.ps.uci.edu>
- > hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes:
- >>ntp.drift records the drift of your clock vis-a-vis the master
- >>clock. ntp is adjusting the logical time.
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- >If your machine isn't synchronized to network time (e.g. a
- >standalone "home" machine), you'll need to hook it to the
- >network temporarily so it can "learn" what its natural
- >tendency is.
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- Is it possible to "fake" an /etc/ntp.drift file without connecting to a network
- for use on a standalone? What I'd like is to be able to edit ntp.drift so that
- my slow clock will be adjusted periodically. Trial and error editing could get
- it close enough for me. What sort of setup is required to make this work? My
- machine is a NetInfo master and does have an ethernet attached (although my
- machine is its only node most of the time).
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- Art Isbell Cubic Solutions
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