From another of those pesky /usr/share/doc files:
che:/usr/share/doc/ntpdate# cat README.Debian ... Note that ntpdate is *not* really intended to be used by hosts with good network connectivity. The "ntp" package, which provides a persistent daemon that does a better job of keeping system time than even a cron'ed invocation of ntpdate, is a better choice for systems with good network connectivity. If all you want is to set the clock to a reasonable value once in a while, a more light-weight package like "rdate" can also do the job. On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, harm wrote:
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 ? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_ University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_ University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl