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Re: Why no NTP client in default install?



Or even better: Maybe "they" (we?) don't want that? I personally don't
see a use for it...


Eduard


On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 16:33, Greg Folkert wrote:
> 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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