On Sunday 26 July 2015 13:38:45 Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 26.07.2015 um 13:44 schrieb Chris Bannister: > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 02:03:48AM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Am 25.07.2015 um 21:26 schrieb Holger Schramm: > >>> Am 25.07.2015 um 20:52 schrieb John J. Boyer: > >>>> I am wondering if my Jessie system is updating its clock regularly. It > >>>> gives a > >>>> different time than my Windows box. What package contains the daemon > >>>> that updates the time from a central site? > >>> > >>> If you are using systemd, look for timedatectl. Settings are at > >>> /etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf > >> > >> In most cases, simply running "systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd" and > >> starting it via "systemctl start systemd-timesyncd" should be > >> sufficient. In stretch, systemd-timesyncd is actually enabled by > >> default, for jessie, you need to enable it explicitly. > > > > I think that answers my other post in this thread. > > Does that mean, once enabled, the package ntp can be purged? > > Yes. You actually need to do that. As long as ntp is installed, > systemd-timesyncd won't start. > The assumption here is, that if the admin explicitly installed ntp, it > should be preferred of systemd-timesyncd. > See > > # > /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.co >nf [Unit] > # don't run timesyncd if we have another NTP daemon installed > ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/ntpd > ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/openntpd > ConditionFileIsExecutable=!/usr/sbin/chronyd
So ntp won't actually harm anything. It is just unnecessary. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507261359.02347.lisi.re...@gmail.com
