On 2013-12-16, DaveB <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.)
Your shell searches for executables in the directories specified by your PATH. /usr/local/bin needs to appear in your PATH before /usr/bin if you want the "ports" versions of commands to override the "system" commands. Or set up a shell alias. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/shells.html -- Steve Kostecke <[email protected]> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
