Re: sarge: what package replaced ntptime?
Maurits van Rees wrote:
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 05:13:11AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote:
That ntptime package used to be used to synchronize a computer's clock
with ntp servers on the internet. However looking with apt-get doesn't
find that package anymore.
It is still there. See http://packages.debian.org/ntpdate. But if
you can't find it, you may want to look at packageMaurits van Rees <maurits@vanrees.org> ntp-simple instead.
I like chrony, myself. It keeps my system perfectly up to date. The
following is from apt-cache show chrony:
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-21), libncurses5 (>= 5.4-1), libreadline4
(>= 4.3-1)
Conflicts: ntp, ntpsimple, ntprefclock
Filename: pool/main/c/chrony/chrony_1.20-8_i386.deb
Size: 323020
MD5sum: 715ca8920bbf1c55e13730ed6a7ee6d4
Description: Sets your computer's clock from time servers on the Net
It consists of a pair of programs :
`chronyd'. This is a daemon which runs in background on the system. It
obtains measurements (e.g. via the network) of the system's offset
relative to other systems, and adjusts the system time accordingly. For
isolated systems, the user can periodically enter the correct time by hand
(using `chronyc'). In either case, `chronyd' determines the rate at which
the computer gains or loses time, and compensates for this. Chronyd
implements the NTP protocol and can act as either a client or a server.
`chronyc'. This is a command-line driven control and monitoring program.
An administrator can use this to fine-tune various parameters within the
daemon, add or delete servers etc whilst the daemon is running.
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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com
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