On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Stuart Sears <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> At booting, ntpdate fails to start, and also the following command fails: >> >> # /sbin/service ntpdate start >> ntpdate: Synchronizing with time server: [FAILED] >> # >> >> The log messages are: >> >> Sep 7 12:50:50 localhost ntpdate[2908]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting >> >> Any ideas? > > service ntpd status > > Should show you that the ntp daemon is already running. > > You can't run both ntpd (the server) and ntpdate (the client) at the > same time. Thanks, Stuart and Edward. Got this: # /sbin/service ntpd status ntpd (pid 2059) is running... # ntpdate tries to start at booting. So, should I disable it? Which one of the two should I have running in order to have always a correct time on my computer? Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
