In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says... > > If you built it from a port, it gets installed in /usr/local/bin. The > default system built ntp programs go in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin. > > Tom
Thanks Tom (and the rest of the collective).. That's exactly were it was hiding (in plain sight!) I've added override variables in /etc/rc.conf to point to both ntpd and ntpdate that are located in /usr/local/bin. I also see there is a companion ntpq in there too, but in /etc/default/rc.conf There is no "default" path set to that program. For now, I've a commented out line in /etc/rc.conf # ntpq_program="/usr/local/bin/ntpq" Commented out as I don't know if that will work. (I'm still re- educating myself with the neuances of BSD, it's been a while.) Ntpdate was only run the one time to yank the box to current date-time, but ntpq is of course run as needed to see what's happening, often over a sshd session, if I get an email from someone wondering why something appears to have gone awry, on a yet to be reinstated webpage. For now, having stopped ntpd, applied the changes I need in /etc/rc.conf then restarted ntpd, sure enough, the Meinberg monitor program on the Windows PC accross the room now reports the BSD box is running ntpd [email protected] built on December the 14th at 10:15 UTC, that is indeed the day and time I built it. So... So far, so good. Comments would be appreciated re setting the path to ntpq, but for now, all's working, while I figure out what next to do... Best Regards. Dave B. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
