(fedora) Re: NTP problem

[Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen]

Matthew Saltzman wrote on 14-FEB-2007 20:19:50.61
>On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Phil Meyer wrote:
>
>> Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen wrote:
>>> Chris wrote on 18:12:06.46
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 2/12/07, Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen <joukj at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> wrote:
>>>> 
>>> [snip]
>>> 
>>>>> I have a problem with NTP on a FC6 machine connected to a adsl 
>>>>> connection.
>>>>> When starting up the machine it tells me it fails to synch with the 
>>>>> server
>>>>> (it started doing this one or two months ago) after that is sais that 
>>>>> ntpd
>>>>> is started succesfully. I doubt this because I start noticing slight (1/2
>>>>> minute) time differences with other machines.
>>>>> 
>>> [snip]
>>> 
>>
>> Are you running NetworkManager?
Yes

[snip]
>The correct solution is to use NetworkManagerDispatcher(1) to start ntpd 
>when the connection is made.
>
>Don't modify any system files or rc.local.  Just turn ntp off at boot and 
>add a script to /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ that runs "service ntpd 
>start" when an interface is brought up and "service ntpd stop" when it's 
>brought down.  Instructions in the man page.
Thanks, I'll try this.

          Jouk



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