|
Got a sarge box.. this is what you
need. ii ntp 4.2.0a-11 Network Time Protocol: network utilities ii ntp-server 4.2.0a-11 Network Time Protocol: common server tools ii ntp-simple 4.2.0a-11 Network Time Protocol: daemon for simple sys ntp, ntp-server and ntp-simple. but if you do a apt-cache show ntp-server, look at what it says about ntp-simple. [and I quote] There are two server packages: 'ntp-simple' only knows about your computer's built-in clock. 'ntp-refclock' has built-in support for a variety of time signal receivers. Both server packages, of course, can synchronize with other servers across the Internet. [end quote] Starting and restarting.. /etc/init.d/ntp-server (start|stop|etc.etc.etc.) So there you are. ntpdate is only a client side piece of software, has no services behind it. polling ever minute is useless.. unless you thrive on the couple of 3 diget numbers behind the comma. 15 minitues is just fine. Run the ntp server if you realy need a tight grip on the time. Take a good look at the ntp.conf.. [plug for pool.ntp.org .. we still need all the support we can get]. Mark, JoeHill wrote: In installed the NTP, as well as the ntp-docs, and for the life of me I can't figure out how to start ntpd. There does not even appear to be an 'ntpd' anywhere (tried 'which'), and from going over the docs I cannot find a section on how to start/stop/restart the service, and there is no seperate 'ntpd' package. I already have an NTP service running on this box, I just want my little Debian box to be in sync with it. On a related note, to start/stop/restart a service on my Mandrake machine, I use the 'service' command. I somehow ended up with the impression that the analagous command on Debian was 'dpkg-reconfigure'. I'm way off, I suspect. Clarification on that also appreciated. Thanks. |