Re: ntpd crashes.
On 11 September 2012 17:32, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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".
openntpd is not in debian squeeze, I'm thinking to replace ntpd with chrony.
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