Re: Starting NTP server: ntpd/usr/sbin/ntpd: invalid option -- p
On Sunday 15 June 2008 13:48, David Christensen wrote:
> debian-user:
>
> I recently installed openntpd on a Debian 4.0 virtual machine
> (http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/#debian4.0) running on VMWare Server
> 1.0.4:
>
[Details elided]
> I dug through /etc/init.d/openntpd, /etc/default/openntpd, etc., but
> couldn't figure out if or where a -p option was being set (although I did
> set the -s option).
> Any suggestions?
Check if there is also an /etc/init.d/ntpd. If your box used
to have ntp, and that package was removed but not purged, the init
files will still be in place. /etc/init.d/ntpd will find
the openntp executable and try to run it, but with wierd/wrong
options.
-- A.
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Andrew Reid / reidac@bellatlantic.net
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