On 2014-01-18 23:17, Linda Walsh wrote:
This type of script is what is missing in "systemd" -- that makes it hard to debug problems like these, BTW, so going back to an earlier suse version to pull out the start scripts is a good start-point for seeing what systemd "should" be doing.
But Linda, ntp is still started by an old style systemv init script, /etc/init.d/ntp. Telcontar:~ # systemctl status ntp.service ntp.service - LSB: Network time protocol daemon (ntpd) Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/ntp) <<======== Active: active (running) since Tue, 2014-01-07 14:58:29 CET; 1 weeks and 4 days ago CGroup: name=systemd:/system/ntp.service └ 3728 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntp/ntpd.pid -g -u ntp:ntp -i /var/lib/ntp -c /etc/ntp.conf Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable. Telcontar:~ # If you search for ntp.service, it does not exist, so it is created dynamically. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 12.3 x86_64 "Dartmouth" at Telcontar)