Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-12 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Wednesday, 11 December 2019 04:59:08 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 03:19:16AM -0600, Dale wrote > > > I think I used ntpdate years ago. Can't recall why I switched but > > > > something wasn't working right. People here recommended chrony and once > > set up, its worked

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-11 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Mittwoch, 11. Dezember 2019, 05:59:08 CET schrieb Walter Dnes: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 03:19:16AM -0600, Dale wrote > > > I think I used ntpdate years ago. Can't recall why I switched but > > > > something wasn't working right. People here recommended chrony and once > > set up, its worked

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-11 Thread Mick
On Wednesday, 11 December 2019 04:59:08 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 03:19:16AM -0600, Dale wrote > > > I think I used ntpdate years ago. Can't recall why I switched but > > > > something wasn't working right. People here recommended chrony and once > > set up, its worked

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-11 Thread Adam Carter
chrony on the "server" to sync from the Internet and systemd-timesyncd on the others to sync from the server.

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-10 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 03:19:16AM -0600, Dale wrote > >> I think I used ntpdate years ago. Can't recall why I switched but >> something wasn't working right. People here recommended chrony and once >> set up, its worked ever since. OP, if you haven't tried it yet, may be

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-10 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 03:19:16AM -0600, Dale wrote > I think I used ntpdate years ago. Can't recall why I switched but > something wasn't working right. People here recommended chrony and once > set up, its worked ever since. OP, if you haven't tried it yet, may be > worth giving it a test

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-10 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Tue, 10 Dec 2019, Walter Dnes wrote: >there any public RFC868 servers? Or are there any RFC2030 client >programs other than openrdate? What do people here use? I use net-misc/ntp. As a daemon and if needed ntpdate/sntp to set the time. -dnh -- Q: Why is it that New Jersey got all t

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-10 Thread Dale
Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 10 December 2019 07:56:17 GMT Mick wrote: > >> I no longer use rdate and SNTP. I use chronyd which has no problem >> synchronising with various NTP servers and is suitable for systems which are >> online intermittently, like laptops. > What he said. > +1  I th

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 10 December 2019 07:56:17 GMT Mick wrote: > I no longer use rdate and SNTP. I use chronyd which has no problem > synchronising with various NTP servers and is suitable for systems which are > online intermittently, like laptops. What he said. -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-09 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 10 December 2019 06:16:50 GMT Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 01:38:59AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > > > question... is "rdate" a drop-in substitute for "openrdate"? > > Answering my own question... big fat NO. > > [i660][root][~] openrdate -s -n ca.pool.ntp.org (works

[gentoo-user] What ntp/sntp client do people use?

2019-12-09 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 01:38:59AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > question... is "rdate" a drop-in substitute for "openrdate"? Answering my own question... big fat NO. [i660][root][~] openrdate -s -n ca.pool.ntp.org (works fine) [i660][root][~] openrdate -s ca.pool.ntp.org (hangs and sits there)