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Re: Why no NTP client in default install?



On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 15:29 +0100, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed Debian Sarge system with a Samba server and that went great.
> But I was just wondering, why is an NTP client not installed by default 
> during such an install to make sure the time is in sync?

Mainly, most users haven't any clue about ntp and would prolly freak
that something was contacting a "machine of the internet" at this
suspicious port 123.
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