timed problems?

[Ed Anselmo]

Me> You don't have to run ntpd on all the workstations.  You can do
Me> something like

Me> 0 * * * * sleep `expr $$ % 60`;/usr/local/etc/ntp -s -f ntpd-host1 ntp-host2

Me> out of cron to keep the workstation clocks in sync with the machines
Me> running ntpd.

Proving that I am a true wannabe pseudo-wizard.  You have to escape
the '%' with a backslash, lest cron treat it as a newline.  No wonder
my clocks were drifting.
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Ed Anselmo   anselmo-ed at cs.yale.edu   {harvard,decvax}!yale!anselmo-ed