"ntpdate" versus "ntpd"

[Rick Stevens]

Curt Stauffer wrote:
> At the risk of showing my ignorance, why not use:
> 
> rdate -s <your favorite timeserver>
> 
> Works for me, provided it's run as root.

rdate is a different protocol than ntp.  The server must be running
rdated (many do, many don't).
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