On Tuesday 25 July 2006 9:43 am, Peter Van Lone wrote:
using SUSE10, when I went into yast to enable the ntp client, I am warned about setting it to execute "on boot". The warning says:
"Warning! If you do not have a permanent internet connection, starting the NTP daemon can take a very long time, and the daemon might not run properly"
Huh?
So, if I have a laptop, that does not at all times have an inet connection, basically I should not use the NTP client? Is there any good way to, once an inet connection IS established, sync time to an NTP server?
Yast seems to only give "never" and "on boot" as ntp sync options. If there is a command I can execute from a shell, that would be fine. One solution is to use profiles. (SCPM). On my laptop, I have a number of different places where I use it whith different networks, and some networks have different time servers: work - wired, time server in intranet. home - wired and wireless MIT Open Wireless for places where I might alternatively take the laptop.
In my case, the profile disables the built-in NIC when using wireless and
vice-versa when wired. I also include /etc/sysconfig/proxy.
You can set up the initial profiles via YaST/System/Profile Manager, and
select the appropriate profile using F3 when booting up (SuSE 10.x).
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Jerry Feldman