On Saturday 26 July 2014 12:31:55 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.
I too have been using chrony since before I can remember, when ntpd could only step the clock. Chrony just works - I haven't even bothered to look round for an alternative. As the docs say (somewhere or other), if you run any kind of mail service, you certainly don't want your clock to step backwards suddenly. I didn't know Red Hat had taken over its maintenance - thanks for the info. -- Regards Peter
