Re: stumped on xntp

[Michael Shalayeff <mickey@lucifier.net>]

Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Reuben Sailor:
> Hi,
> 
> Here goes another of my insanely newbish questions.  I just installed xntp 
> from the packages collection.  Everything seemed to have installed fine. At 
> the end of the installation, I was informed that I would have to 
> create/edit ntp.conf and restart my machine, which I did.

did you enable it in etc/rc.conf as well ?

cu

> when creating my ntp.conf file, I added my 3 servers, inserted my ntp.drift 
> reference then saved and closed as shown below:
> 
> # XNTP configuration file
> 
> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
> server nist1.sjc.glassey.com
> server nist1.datum.com
> server nist1-aol-ca.truetime.com
> 
> I then used touch to create ntp.drift, afterwhich I rebooted.
> 
> After the reboot, I expected to see xntpd running....however, I did not see 
> it listed when I ran ps and top (both from root)
> 
> As far as I can see from the installation blurb and from the xntp site, i 
> have done everything I need to do.  If this is the care, why isnt it up and 
> running?  If it isnt the case, what step have I missed and why isnt this 
> documented better--at least for brain dead newbies like me (ok, the second 
> part is rhetorical)?
> 
> Lastly, once I get xntp running properly, does anyone know of a good ntp 
> client for windows?  Obviously, I would like to use xntp to set all the 
> system clocks on my network.
> 
> I would appreciate any help
> 
> Thanks
> -RS-
> 


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