Re: ntpd crashes.
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:53:43 +0200, Mauro wrote:
> On 11 September 2012 16:48, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:54:59 +0200, Mauro wrote:
>>
>>> On 11 September 2012 10:58, Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Mauro <mrsanna1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I think the best solution is uninstall ntp and use ntpdate with
>>>>> cron.
>>>>
>>>> Not a particularly good solution for a number of reasons. Mainly,
>>>> though, you need to be aware that ntpdate is quite likely to jump the
>>>> clock.
>>>
>>> If ntp stops running with apparently no reasons I don't know what else
>>> I can do. I need to have time synchronized between my servers.
>>
>> You can try a different approach: do not run ntpd as daemon but using
>> cron and see how it goes :-?
>
> What's the difference of running ntpdate instead ntp with cron?
Well, AFAIK they're different packages for different purposes, other than
that, I can't tell. But if you search for a full replacement of "ntp"
functionalities (client/server) you can look at "openntpd" and "chrony".
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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