Correct, mine is an internal server. Syncing to a public server every two hours would not be a good thing. Sadly, using ntp -q in place of ntpdate is even worse, it appears to generate far more network traffic.
True. Personally, I would vastly prefer a command-line parameter like "-1" (meaning one-time) or "--now" to replicate ntpdate functionality. Say "ntpd -1 mytimeserver". Perhaps it's time to file an RFE...
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com
