[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#483148: Bug#483148: ntp didn't correct time until /etc/default/ntp was modified with NTPSERVERS

Peter Eisentraut peter_e at gmx.net
Sun Jun 1 14:45:42 UTC 2008


Bob Lounsbury wrote:
> I installed ntp and ntpdate and then right-clicked on the gnome
> clock to adjust the date and time. I set the clock to synchronize with
> internet servers and picked 3 different servers. However, these actions
> did not correct the time. The three servers were listed in /etc/ntp.conf
> but as I stated did not correct the time. It wasn't until I added
> ntpservers to /etc/default/ntp that the time was updated correctly. So
> there seems to be some discrepancy as to what /etc file is actually
> controlling (or should be controlling) the clock. I didn't expect to
> have to edit config files to make the clock
> set to the correct time. I presumed that editing the time and date
> settings would fix the time but it didn't.

I think there is some confusion on your end about ntp and ntpdate and what 
each of them do.  For example, the NTPSERVERS setting (I assume that is what 
you meant, please be accurate) is only used by the ntpdate package, not by 
ntp.  Try uninstalling one of these packages so you can be sure what you are 
doing.  Also not that ntp does not necessarily "correct the time" 
immediately.





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