Re: [Dorset] Setting up an NTP Server in a Closed Network

2017-08-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 24 August 2017 13:48:59 BST Terry Coles wrote: > On Thursday, 24 August 2017 12:51:38 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > ntp-wait(1) might be of interest: "This can be useful at boot time, to > > delay the boot sequence until after ntpd -g has set the time". > > That is definitely of

Re: [Dorset] Setting up an NTP Server in a Closed Network

2017-08-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Thursday, 24 August 2017 12:51:38 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Where was this script? I forgotten upstart, but it probably still copes > with scripts in /etc/init.d. If it's one of those, see update-rc.d(8). > https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/unix-services.html#sect.system-bo > ot

Re: [Dorset] Setting up an NTP Server in a Closed Network

2017-08-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > I then did as Ralph originally suggested and stopped the NTP service > from running. (I wasn't sure how to do this, so I added and exit 0 to > the beginning of the script, which seemed to work OK. If there's a > better way, I'd be interested to hear it.) Where was this script? I

Re: [Dorset] Deleting old Firefox Certificates

2017-08-24 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Clive, > Looking at my Firefox stored Certificates, I have a lot of > certificates with 'life=permanent' and old 'expiry dates' (going back > to 2014!). Under `about:preferences#advanced' then Certificates, I see headings Your Certificates People Servers Authorities

[Dorset] Deleting old Firefox Certificates

2017-08-24 Thread C Wills
Hi all Looking at my Firefox stored Certificates, I have a lot of certificates with 'life=permanent' and old 'expiry dates' (going back to 2014!). Some are generated from M$ and I assume are from when I bought the laptop (with Win7 on it). I no longer use M$, long live Linux :-). A lot of

Re: [Dorset] Setting up an NTP Server in a Closed Network

2017-08-24 Thread Terry Coles
On Wednesday, 23 August 2017 19:42:02 BST Terry Coles wrote: > On Wednesday, 23 August 2017 18:10:45 BST Terry Coles wrote: > > I then executed 'sudo ntpd -q' after logging into buttspi. I've put the > > screenshot of the results at: > > > > http://hadrian-way.co.uk/Misc/Butts_Pi_Screenshot.png