On 2014-04-29 00:33, David Taylor wrote: > On 29/04/2014 06:35, A C wrote: > [] >> The original error messages were: >> >> A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Network >> Time Protocol Daemon service to connect. >> >> followed by >> >> The Network Time Protocol Daemon service failed to start due to the >> following error: >> The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely >> fashion. >> >> No other errors or warnings. >> >> It's running now, the logs show synchronization and the only error is >> regarding the ability to generate the .rnd file. > > Thanks for that - although I'm no nearer to explaining the cause of the > original problem. > > In my configuration, the .RND file is created in: > > C:\Tools\NTP\etc > > so most likely the problem was due to accepting the defaults (i.e. > Program Files) in your first install. I recommend: > > C:\Tools\NTP > > rather than: > > C:\Program Files\NTP > > where C:\Tools is a completely open directory. The user typically needs > to edit the ntp.conf file for their own servers and logging needs. > >
I installed to C:\NTP so there's something else wrong. The ntpd account that was created has full access to that directory. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions