[hobbit] Ntpdate polling question

[Buchan Milne]

On Thursday 29 March 2007, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR wrote:
> I must not understand what ntp test does. It checks for drift on the
> local server, correct? So, what does the local server poll to check for
> drift, itself, or another ntp server? Please bare with me.

Hobbit has built-in (non-ntp) clock drift checks.

AFAIK, the ntd check is specifically to test if the ntp server is working (not 
that a client using ntp can do anything specific).

Regards,
Buchan

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Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)
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