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Re: how does ntpdate work ?



i think i should read those /usr/share/doc files more often :p

however, ntpdate is only started once (on bootup) and it never needs to resync afterwords ? since its not in ps aux...

On 10/18/06, Andrew Perrin <clists@perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
According to /usr/share/doc/ntpdate/changlog.Debian.gz:

   * npdate is no longer started from an init script but instead by ifup
     (closes: #56499, #245338, #312576)
   * Run ntpdate from ifup in the background (closes: #321759, #375280,
     #382543)



The script is now in /etc/network/if-up.d .

Cheers,
Andy


On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, harm wrote:

> in good old sarge there was a script in /etc/init.d/ that would check the
> clock with the ntp server(s) in /etc/default/ntpdate. But how does it works
> in Etch, since the init.d script is gone ? Of course i can execute ntpdate
> ntp.xs4all.nl but if i want it to sync every 24hrs should i put it in cron
> or is there a "hidden" script somewhere to take care of it ?
>



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