I have been trying to figure out how to run ntpdate -bu pool.ntp.org at boot. I can put it in the startup set, but since ntpdate requires running as root, I would have to enter the pw at each boot. I need to avoid the need for the pw, which I believe means having it run before login.
I have changed /etc/default/ntpdate to include pool.ntp.org and added the -bu options so that ntpdate-debian works (if run as root). One conversation on ubuntu forums said that that those changes to /etc/default/ntpdate were all that was needed; that ntpdate-debian was already run during boot. That does not appear to be the case. I have been unable to understand the stuff about the various symbolic links in /etc/re*.d I think also there is an issue of the order of the scripts running at boot: ntpdate must run after the network is established. So the question in its most general form is how to run ntpdate -bu pool.ntp.org without my intervention. If my attempts at this are close, what does it take to get ntpdate-debian to run during boot? Some of the docs seem to indicate that should be a default condition of ubuntu Jaunty. Thanks for the help, -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
