On 07/26/2014 03:31 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:05:23 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > >> Which NTPd package would the list recommend using, ntp, openntpd, or >> some other package? > chrony - no competition, even for servers. ntpd is way overrated, > unnecessarily hard to setup correctly, fragile and contrary to > popular belief not even that accurate, unless you use external > HW clocks. Chrony is maintained by Red Hat in cooperation with the > timekeeping code in the kernel. > >> openntpd seems to be easier to set up according to wiki.gentoo.org. > Many many years ago I helped port openntpd to Linux. It was OK-ish at > the time and easier/less hassle than ntpd, but the portable version for > Linux stopped working reliably many years ago due to kernel changes. > IMHO it really should no longer be in the tree since it gives a false > sense of accuracy. > > just my 0.01€.. > > -h > > Is this gentoo wiki article still relevant when it comes to configuring chrony on gentoo? http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Chrony
Or should I stick to the instructions given here: /usr/share/doc/chrony-1.29.1/chrony.txt.bz2 Thanks.