On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 12:06:01PM -0400, Mark Hurley wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong. ntp allows receiving (setting host computer > time/date) and broadcasting (a lot of options) of date/time to > internal (or external) lan. > > ntpdate ONLY acts as a client. Setting the (host) with the correct > date/time.
That is correct. ntpdate is a single-shot client, it fetches the time (or
calculates an average from a few tries) and sets the time. Nothing fancy.
Once the time is approximately correct[1], ntpd is run and it periodically
checks the upstream ntp servers for the correct time and adjusts the local
clock accordingly.
And the same ntpd can be used as a local 'proxy' for other clients to
synchronize against. You can even run ntpd in peer-to-peer fashion, just
to keep the clocks relatively correct.[2]
[1] ntpd refuses to start if the time difference between local clock and
ntp server(s) is too large
[2] Ok, I cheated too, I haven't run ntpd in peer-to-peer mode, but the
docs said so... :)
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