On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 12:34:55PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> I mean, could we support the same original RC variables for specifying h
> the remote host to pull the date from and then have the ntpd script
> deal with it ?
>
> The separation of the two functions (initial data sync and ongoing
> correction) is important from an rc.conf perspective.
I don't see a need from the administrative perspective of the separation.
The rdate functionality in itself is useful, to set a time when working
in a rescue system or because the box didn't have power for a long time.
But doing a initial sync on boot without automatic correction seems to
bit strange for me. Even the argument of not-permanently connection
machines doesn't fit, the sync is better done in the up-scripts of ppp.
Joerg