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Christopher Kern wrote: |
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> Hope this helps... |
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> When investigating this myself, I found that I needed to set up a link |
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> to the service in /etc/init.d with this command as the root user: |
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> "cd /etc/runlevels/default && ln -s /etc/init.d/ntp-client ." (no |
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> quotes, of course) |
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> This works fine at boot, as the service start is indicated in the boot |
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> display, and the time is indeed set to the correct time once executed |
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> at boot time. I also found that one can alter the timeout for this |
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> service by changing the NTPCLIENT_TIMEOUT variable in |
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> /etc/conf.d/ntp-client file so that it is whatever you'd like it to |
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> be. The default setting was 30 seconds, but I thought a shorter time |
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> would have been better, especially at boot time. |
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> Contents of /etc/conf.d/ntp-client: |
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> # /etc/conf.d/ntp-client |
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Look here.. |
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> # Command to run to set the clock initially |
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ntp-client is meant to be a one time thing. |
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> # Most people should just leave this line alone ... |
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> # however, if you know what you're doing, and you |
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> # want to use ntpd to set the clock, change this to 'ntpd' |
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> NTPCLIENT_CMD="ntpdate" |
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Ntpdate was a simple utility meant to be run as a cron job, but now is |
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mostly depreciated in favor of using ntpd/openntpd. The full daemons |
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are not the resource hogs they used to be, and are much better at |
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handling clock skew. They keep track of the skew, so they only do a |
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correction as often as needed. Using a daemon also helps keep the other |
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ntp servers from getting pounded at certain points of the day by people |
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who use cron jobs, which strains their resouces and makes it harder for |
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you to get accurate info. |
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You're a little better than most since you are doing daily syncs and |
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not hourly or 4x a day, but do you have any idea how many people set up |
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syncs at midnight? |
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Use a daemon, it'll do a better job keeping your system in sync and be |
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much nicer on all the ntp servers you're syncing against. |
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OpenNTPD guide |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_NTP_Using_OpenNTPD |
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NTPD guide |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/NTP |
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PaulNM |
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