I have installed the ntp package. I edited /etc/insserv.conf, and added +ntp to the $time line. $ grep time /etc/insserv.conf # The system time has been set correctly $time +hwclock +ntp I then issued dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc , expecting to have ntp added to the cron line of .etc/init.d/.depend.start. Which is not the case: $ grep ^cron /etc/init.d/.depend.start cron: sysklogd bind9 Where I am wrong?