On Thursday 16 November 2006 21:19, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > > I hate to argue with the guru of AstLinux himself, but I don't see > > ntpdate anywhere. I'm running 4.4. ntpd is chugging away, but ntpdate > > seems to be AWOL. > > Carla, > > By that's exactly what we do, I meant... > > AstLinux includes OpenNTPD instead of U-Del NTP. According to: > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ntpd > > If you start ntpd with -s, it will set time immediately upon > startup, which is exactly what ntpdate does. That's what we use in > AstLinux. OpenNTPD is much less complex (and thus smaller and more secure) > than U-Del ntp, and thanks to -s, you don't need ntpd AND ntpdate :). > > I'm sorry, I should be more specific next time. Are you having any > problems?
Thank you! I see I need to unlearn some old habits. No problems with date and time, just trying to figure everything out. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder Linux geek and random computer tamer check out my Linux Cookbook! best book for sysadmins and power users ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
