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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/: ntpd or ntp-client?
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:19:25
Message-Id: BE6B7A5E-016D-4EA7-8078-79A36235FBC2@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/: ntpd or ntp-client? by Justin
1 On 4 Feb 2009, at 13:40, Justin wrote:
2 > Stroller schrieb:
3 >> ...
4 >> I understood that ntpd was not only a server for my LAN (a facility I
5 >> don't use) but that it would also periodically check the time with
6 >> upstream servers & keep the machine's clock in constant sync.
7 >> ...
8 > pkg_postinst() {
9 > ewarn "You can find an example /etc/ntp.conf in /usr/share/ntp/"
10 > ewarn "Review /etc/ntp.conf to setup server info."
11 > ewarn "Review /etc/conf.d/ntpd to setup init.d info."
12 > echo
13 > elog "The way ntp sets and maintains your system time has changed."
14 > elog "Now you can use /etc/init.d/ntp-client to set your time at"
15 > elog "boot while you can use /etc/init.d/ntpd to maintain your time"
16 > elog "while your machine runs"
17
18 Right! That's the very message which caused me to switch!
19
20 Stroller.

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