Unless I'm reading "man rpm" incorrectly, does it seem there's a problem with the ntp rpm in the Fedora repository? Regards, Mike Klinke Changed /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date: forceInstall=1 22:20:55 # up2date --nox -u ......... Name Version Rel ------------------------------------ ntp 4.1.2 5 i386 Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies... ######################################## ntp-4.1.2-5.i386.rpm: ############# Done. Preparing ############################## [100%] Installing... 1:ntp #################### [100%] 22:22:35 # rpm -qa | grep ntp- ntp-4.1.2-5 22:22:55 # rpm -V ntp S.5....T c /etc/ntp.conf ^^^^^^^^ This says that the rpm has the wrong size, MD5SUM, and Time no? If this verification string is indicating only a difference in /etc/ntp.conf, why didn't it get replaced by specifying "forceInstall=1" above? No indication during the install was given to indicate ntp.conf either was, or was not, being replaced. Regards, Mike Klinke