Re: Ntpdate fails to start

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On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Björn Persson
<bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On a typical setup ntpdate runs first (and exits) and syncs the clock close
>> but not exactly on.   If this is not done and the time is off by more than
>> a certain amount then ntpd *WON'T* be able to sync things, and will exit
>> with an error.
>>
>> Then after ntpdate gets things close, then ntpd keeps things in proper
>> sync.
>
> The flag "-g" to NTPD should do the same thing in a cleaner way. This flag is
> set in /etc/sysconfig/ntpd in Fedora 9.

In my case, I have the flag "-g" already active:

# more /etc/sysconfig/ntpd
# Drop root to id 'ntp:ntp' by default.
OPTIONS="-u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g"
#

Paul

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