On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 12:28, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Bret Hughes wrote: > > > Aparently dhcpd is rewriting ntp.conf in 7.3 also the drift file is > > incorrect. hmmm I guess I will have to dig around when I get some time. > > You can safely throw away the drift file when ntpd isn't running. All it > does is introduce a skew to the clock discipline, intended to compensate > for fast or slow clocks. It will get rebuilt next time the daemon starts. > > Over about three days the drift file will be set to appropriate values. It > really isn't a big deal if the drift isn't all that accurate, as it's > impact on actual kernel time discipline is miniscule. A wrong drift value > will (at worst) create more frequest step/skew adjustments until the drift > value stabilizes. > > > What does 8.X use for a drift file when it builds ntp.conf? > > It will use whatever value is in ntp.conf. If the file doesn't exist, it > wil be created at runtime. > I was wondering about the dhcpcd portion. In 7.3 a network restart rebuilds the ntp.conf file and the driftfile setting is overwritten to /etc/ntp.drift instead of /etc/ntp/drift. The ntp user does not have perms to create a file in /etc. I guess this is different behavior than on 7.3.
> > What can be set in /etc/sysconfig/ntp? > > The values in this file are options passed to the daemon. The file is > sourced from /etc/init.d/ntpd. > I see it now and am going to try and override the incorrect setting created by dhcpd usng -f in the syconfig/ntpd file Thanks for the feed back. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
