Re: ntp.conf question

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Thomas" == Thomas H George <Thomas> writes:

    Thomas> The file /etc/ntp.conf does not contain any server entries
    Thomas> but does include a note saying these are entered auto
    Thomas> generated, use dpkg-reconfigure to modify these lines.
    Thomas> dpkg-reconfigure ntp simply returns the command prompt.
    Thomas> dpkg-reconfigure ntpdate allows the entry of a server - I
    Thomas> entered time-a.nist.gov and gave an immediate response
    Thomas> "running ntpdate to synchronize the clock" however
    Thomas> ntp.conf was unchanged.

I ran into the same problem recently. Turns out what I needed to do
was dpkg-reconfigure the ntp-simple package. That did update the
config file correctly. Remember the ntp-simple or ntp-refclock are the
packages that actually provide the daemon. 

Cheers!
Shyamal