pool.ntp.org

[Benjamin Roe]

> Why can't we have the ntp updates done by a crontab and maybe even find 
> a nice front end that lets us set how often we want to go to 
> pool.ntp.org rather than having it in the initscript at all?

If you want time updates, wouldn't it be better to just run ntpd to keep
your clock synchronised? I think the only reason ntpdate runs at start
up is that ntpd will give up if your time is wrong by more than a
thousand seconds, so ntpdate is run at startup to get the clock around
the right time. Ntpd can then run and keep the time accurate.

Ben