ntpd configutration -- a small suggestion from the peanut gallery

Trond Endrestøl trond.endrestol at ximalas.info
Thu Jun 6 15:16:39 UTC 2019


On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 23:18-0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

> I feel sure that I'll be able to figure out how to get ntpd properly
> enabled & configured, but I would just like to offer, hunbly, to the
> Powers That Be, that it would be Nice if ntpd, once enabled during
> install, just worked, you know, right outta the box.

Adding

ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"

to /etc/rc.conf is one way. Enabling ntpdate is another way.

The installer gives us an opportunity to set the time and date, so 
maybe the installer should include a menu item for running ntpdate.

-- 
Trond.


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