Re: ntpdate cron error
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:28:05PM +0300, David Baron wrote:
> The initial ntpdate run from /etc/init.d succeeds.
>
> However, as of recent upgrades or site changes, a cron run of ntpdate fails:
>
> Cron ... /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s 216.200.93.8 (failed)
> ...
> command failed with exit status 1
>
> I assume that the IP shown is not available. I cannot find where this cron job
> is specified to change to a "pool" ip or simply cancel it since it is really
> not necessary. Once or twice a day is sufficient.
>
Not sure. But do you think you should be running the ntp daemon instead
of using ntpdate in cron?
-Rob
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