[TriLUG] How to get ntpd to work

[Matt Pusateri]

On Mon, March 21, 2005 2:57 pm, Randall Barlow said:
> Matt Pusateri wrote:
>
>>First does your ntp.drift file exist?  ntpd will usually not start
>> nor
>>will it create the drift file.  So normally you need to touch the
>> file
>>first before ntpd will work.
>>
>>
> I do not have a ntp.drift file.  Where should I create it?


Ok, you definetly need one.  On my freebsd box it is in /var/db/  I
don't know where different linux distros put it.  Somewhere is /var I
suppose.  You can use the -f flag to specify where your drift file is.

> I did this because the man page to the ntpd told me to.  Any reason it
> could hurt?

It shouldn't


Matt