Hi! Well, I didn't get a single response when I asked this question, so I'll give it another shot.. I hope someone have any ideas. I have time setting problem when the system starts up, it's not doing what I expect it do after configuring it as follows.. I don't mean by 'ntpdate' since that works perfectly well, but the part I set in YaST, under 'System' -> 'Editor for /sys/sysconfig files' -> 'Network' -> 'NTP' -> 'XNTP_INITIAL_NTPDATE' I've set it to 'AUTO' and my /etc/ntp.conf contains the following: ## server 127.127.1.0 # local clock (LCL) fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # LCL is unsynchronized ## server 140.162.8.25 server 130.159.196.117 server 134.214.100.6 ## driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift # path for drift file logfile /var/log/ntp # alternate log file ## logconfig = all Anyway, the time isn't set? And I don't know where to look for errors... If I run 'ntpdate 140.162.8.25' immediately after a system re-boot the time can be adjusted anywhere from 5 to 6000 seconds, which tells me that the setup I have in the sysconfig doesn't work... I don't know it the xntp setting uses 'ntpdate' at all, but if it does, it could be the fact that in YaST it's predefined that the function should work as user 'ntp'. And the 'ntp' user doesn't have access to 'ntpdate', when I su to 'ntp' and run 'ntpdate' I get the following: berit:/var/log # su --shell=/bin/bash ntp ntp@berit:/var/log> /usr/sbin/ntpdate ntp.css.gov 5 Jul 00:35:00 ntpdate[16496]: bind() fails: Permission denied ntp@berit:/var/log> Later! Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting