Hi Tom. Thanks for the reply. This is Solaris 10 x86. Sorry, thought I had posted that. This is a customized version of ntp that I downloaded from Sun Freeware. It works fine on the Sparc.
bash-3.2# uname -a SunOS web1 5.10 Generic_137138-09 i86pc i386 i86pc Here is the output from svcprop: bash-3.2# svcprop ntpd general/enabled boolean false general/action_authorization astring solaris.smf.manage.ntpd general/single_instance boolean true general/entity_stability astring Stable fs-local/entities fmri svc:/system/filesystem/local fs-local/grouping astring require_all fs-local/restart_on astring none fs-local/type astring service net-loopback/entities fmri svc:/network/loopback net-loopback/grouping astring require_all net-loopback/restart_on astring none net-loopback/type astring service net-physical/entities fmri svc:/network/physical net-physical/grouping astring require_all net-physical/restart_on astring none net-physical/type astring service config_data/entities fmri file://localhost//usr/local/etc/ntpd.conf config_data/grouping astring require_all config_data/type astring path config_data/restart_on astring restart fs-autofs/entities fmri svc:/system/filesystem/autofs fs-autofs/grouping astring require_all fs-autofs/restart_on astring none fs-autofs/type astring service utmp/entities fmri svc:/system/utmp utmp/grouping astring require_all utmp/restart_on astring none utmp/type astring service startd/ignore_error astring core,signal start/exec astring /lib/svc/method/ntpd\ start start/timeout_seconds count 60 start/type astring method stop/exec astring /lib/svc/method/ntpd\ stop stop/timeout_seconds count 60 stop/type astring method tm_common_name/C ustring NTPD restarter/transient_contract count restarter/logfile astring /var/svc/log/network-ntpd:default.log restarter/contract count 325 restarter/start_pid count 28080 restarter/start_method_timestamp time 1244681561.813503000 restarter/start_method_waitstatus integer 0 restarter/auxiliary_state astring none restarter/next_state astring none restarter/state astring online restarter/state_timestamp time 1244681561.815980000 restarter_actions/refresh integer restarter_actions/maint_off integer Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org