> On my laptop, I've added the -g switch to ntpd's startup, so the first > time it syncs, it forcibly resets to the NTP time if that's out of > bounds. Doing this involved editing /etc/init.d/ntp-simple and adding > '-- -g' to the end of the start-stop-daemon lines that start ntpd.
This is definitely the way to go but the script I am using is ntp. Its using start-stop-daemon, I have tried various things to pass the -g flag across but with no avail. I include the script below, any ideas? Ben #! /bin/sh FLAGS="defaults 23" test -f /usr/sbin/ntpd || exit 0 case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting NTP server: ntpd" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec '/usr/sbin/ntpd' echo "." ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping NTP server: ntpd" start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/ntpd echo "." ;; restart|force-reload) echo -n "Restarting NTP server: ntpd... " start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/ntpd sleep 2 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec '/usr/sbin/ntpd' echo "done." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/ntp {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 -- **************************************************************** * Ben Edwards Tel +44 (0)1179 553 551 ICQ 42000477 * * Homepage - nothing of interest here http://gurtlush.org.uk * * Webhosting for the masses http://www.serverone.co.uk * * Critical Site Builder http://www.criticaldistribution.com * * online collaborative web authoring content management system * * Get alt news/views films online http://www.cultureshop.org * * i-Contact Progressive Video http://www.videonetwork.org * * Fun corporate graphics http://www.subvertise.org * * Bristol Indymedia http://bristol.indymedia.org * * Bristol's radical news http://www.bristle.org.uk * **************************************************************** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]