-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Bob Beers wrote: > Hi John > > >>It sounds like the startup script needs to wait until the net is up >>before it starts ntpd and then the client app needs to wait until the >>time is set before it starts. It should be possible with a simple >>shell script that waits until ping works before it launches ntpd. > > > > > Thanks, yes, that's the general idea. I wondered if anyone was willing > to share more specific implementation details. What I have so far: > psuedo-code: > >
snip What I'd do is spawn a background job out of rc.local and have that job just loop until the net is up. All that messing around with cron sounds way too complicated. John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDQyuKaVyA7PElsKkRA1dJAKD8Ka5tD5nd3IJATTfsAi+upxeEigCgixk9 N1uM3zOl58RfLObAKxl/H4Y= =Joaa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
