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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: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:28:34
Message-Id: 408EA7DE-5316-44AD-A510-C5868BA16DFC@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 >
3 > pkg_postinst() {
4 > ewarn "You can find an example /etc/ntp.conf in /usr/share/ntp/"
5 > ewarn "Review /etc/ntp.conf to setup server info."
6 > ewarn "Review /etc/conf.d/ntpd to setup init.d info."
7 > echo
8 > elog "The way ntp sets and maintains your system time has changed."
9 > elog "Now you can use /etc/init.d/ntp-client to set your time at"
10 > elog "boot while you can use /etc/init.d/ntpd to maintain your time"
11 > elog "while your machine runs"
12
13 Except that here, ntp-client seems to start *before* the network, so
14 fails to find the ntp-server.
15
16 I'll investigate this more later.
17
18 Stroller.

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Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/: ntpd or ntp-client? "Sebastian Günther" <samson@××××××××××××××××.de>