On Monday 30 October 2006 21:25, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi,
Using the command of 'watch -n 1 tail -10 /var/log/ntp' I see that the ntp daemon only checks at certain intervals for a time server. Which ntp configuration file could I edit to shorten/lengthen the time between the ntp checks? The last check was at 07h29 and the time now is 08h24 and it hasn't checked inbetween.
Why not just run the daemon and forget about it. It checks as often as it needs to keep the machine in sync. Put some (more than one) server in your /etc/ntp.conf such as server bigben.cac.washington.edu server ntp.alaska.edu server ntp.yourisp.com Then run insserv ntp rcntp start and forget about it. Its almost bullet proof. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen