Re: NTP dynamic servers?
On 23.01.07 01:49, Bruno Voigt wrote:
> I'm running debian/unstable on my laptop and often the LAN/WLAN is not
> connected (yet) when the system is starting up - including NTPD.
>
> NTPD then seems to discard all unreachable server entries and ends up with
> no peers left. In some googled doc I found the ntp.conf option "dynamic"
> to tell it that some peers may become available later on, but the debian
> ntpd doesnt't seem to understand it - or I don't know how to use it
> correctly.
>
> What is the best way to configure the ntpd in such an environment ?
I use chrony on my laptop. It supports online and offline mode, however in
sarge it only has up/down scripts in ppp subdirectories (not very good since
I usually plug in ethernet). However I'm quite satisfied with it and when
needed I run those scripts manually. I was thinking about creating ip-up.d
and ip-down.d scripts (very elegant with ifplugd) which will set proper
mode, and probably the provided NTP server (from dhcp or ppp config) too.
Maybe something alike is in etch already...
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