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). -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com