Re: [netatalk-admins] DIDs - an idea -or- I didn't read the AFP specs completely yet


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] DIDs - an idea -or- I didn't read the AFP specs completely yet
From: William LeFebvre (wnl@groupsys.com)
Date: Thu Apr 16 1998 - 09:21:16 EDT


> I don't understand all of the technical subtlties, but while you are
> talking about clock changes what about the action on xntpd and the
> adjustments it makes to keep correct time. Just a thought.

xntp does its thing by slewing the clock (not explicitly setting it).
Speifically, it calls "adjtime" which tells the kernel to speed up or
slow down the time clock for a period of time. See "man adjtime" for
details.

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