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| author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000 |
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| committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-07-14 14:47:15 +0000 |
| commit | d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36 (patch) | |
| tree | 1cffbfcbeace5b3e6b01d3c6b67a9c10233bc810 /usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntpdate.8 | |
| parent | 745a7b1537c2ebb511bcf928366eefe72af77dac (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36.zip FreeBSD-src-d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36.tar.gz | |
The .Nm utility
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntpdate.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntpdate.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntpdate.8 b/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntpdate.8 index 7ff96da..139d738 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntpdate.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ntp/doc/ntpdate.8 @@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ page. After a suitable period of mourning, the .Nm -program is to be retired from this +utility is to be retired from this distribution. .Pp +The .Nm -sets the local date and time by polling the +utility sets the local date and time by polling the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server(s) given as the .Ar server arguments to determine the correct time. @@ -167,8 +168,9 @@ version identification string to be logged. .El .Pp +The .Nm -can be run manually as necessary to set the +utility can be run manually as necessary to set the host clock, or it can be run from the host startup script to set the clock at boot time. This is useful in some cases to set the @@ -221,8 +223,9 @@ is run by every hour or two. .Pp +The .Nm -will decline to set the date if an NTP server +utility will decline to set the date if an NTP server daemon (e.g., .Xr ntpd 8 ) is running on the same host. |
