Le 29/01/2020 à 11:58, Rainer Weikusat via Dng a écrit :
> Dimitris via Dng <dng@???> writes:
>> On 1/28/20 6:46 PM, Rainer Weikusat via Dng wrote:
>>> run ntpdate from
>> i've witnessed cases in the past where ntpd wasn't time-syncing
>> correctly, and ntpdate saved the date/time.
>> so, IMHO, there's nothing wrong with ntpdate.
> There's nothing wrong with ntpdate provided there's nothing wrong with
> having the wallclock make arbitrary backwards or forward jumps in
> unpredictable intervals, IOW, if the only user is a human who doesn't
> really care, everything's fine.

    In pre-systemd Debian and derivatives, the isssue was mitigated by
running ntpdate only once, just before starting ntpd.

    Didier