Bug#289267: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#289267: [debian-ntp] Bug#289267: ntp: NTP on ifup

Peter Eisentraut peter_e at gmx.net
Thu Dec 14 14:47:45 CET 2006


Tore Anderson wrote:
>   I also have an objection to the if-up.d script per se, though, but
>  this is not as strong.  I simply do not expect things to happen to
> my clock when I fiddle around with my network interfaces.

The ntpdate README.Debian says:

ntpdate is run whenever a network interface is brought up.  To adjust
this behavior, the file /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate should be edited.

That file in turn says:

# ... Feel free to change this, especially if you regularly
# bring up new network interfaces.

If people don't read the documentation, we can't help them.

That said, the ntpdate default configuration is optimized for 
a "desktop".  On a "server" you would use ntpd anyway, so there is no 
need for ntpdate.  I think this is a reasonable compromise.




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