[G4] Setting the computer's clock

[DaleH]

At 2:58 PM -0400 7/20/05, Steve Goldstein wrote:
>They get their time from their [restricted access?]  Stratum Two NTP 
>[Network Time Protocol] server:  time.apple.com:
(snip)
>The result is totally bogus, won't parse, and will prevent ntpd from 
>starting up.
>If you're going to maintain your own /etc/ntp.conf file, you need to 
>make sure you save a copy to something like 
>/etc/ntp.conf.save.europe (or whatever you prefer), so that you can 
>restore a good working copy after MacOS X munges it beyond 
>recognition.
>You will probably also want to change the code in 
>/System/Library/StartupItems/NetworkTime/NetworkTime so as to remove 
>the call to ntpdate and change the invocation of ntpd to include a 
>"-g" option on the command line.
>Otherwise, you will probably want to start and stop ntpd manually, 
>outside of the control of MacOS X.

Steve,

I'm not able to follow your technical explanation much further than 
to get the feeling that there is some disadvantage to using the "Set 
Date and Time Automatically" feature in the Preferences.

Are you recommending leaving the box unchecked and only visiting the 
pane and checking it when you want to reset your clock?

Daleh