On 2008-09-04, David Woolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Kostecke wrote: >> On 2008-09-03, Joseph Gwinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Read the "service" shell script. It appears to get its file paths from >>> environment variables named after the thing being started and stopped >>> and accessible only in the root environment; this bit of RHEL-specific >>> structure is being chased down. (Does anyone know where this is >>> documented?) >> >> On Linux OSes init scripts are typically found in /etc/init.d/ or >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/ Look for one named ntp (or something containing ntp). >> > I believe service is just a front end to those scripts, so I presume > that, by "service shell scripts" he is referring to those scripts. > The problem he is having is that they probably source files (bash > . command) files containing shell variable definitions from the > master configuration directory, maintained by the, typically GUI, > configuration tools. I suspect he hasn't realised that is is sourcing > thesse files.
And your point is? It is highly likely that the OP has not bothered to grep the /etc/ directory for instances of 'ntp.conf'. That _one_ simple act would render this entire discussion moot because it would clearly the ntp.conf file being passed to ntpd. -- Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
