Re: Starting NTP server: ntpd/usr/sbin/ntpd: invalid option -- p

2008-06-17 Thread Andrew Reid
On Monday 16 June 2008 22:08, David Christensen wrote: > Andrew Reid wrote: > > I'm afraid I'm not much of an expert on openntp. My first guess is > > that, as the system runs, the clock should sync up on its own, if > > ntpd is seeing valid servers and working properly. > > If it were a 24x7 box,

RE: Starting NTP server: ntpd/usr/sbin/ntpd: invalid option -- p

2008-06-16 Thread David Christensen
Andrew Reid wrote: > I'm afraid I'm not much of an expert on openntp. My first guess is > that, as the system runs, the clock should sync up on its own, if > ntpd is seeing valid servers and working properly. If it were a 24x7 box, then yes. But, it's a virtual machine that I fire up, hack ar

Re: Starting NTP server: ntpd/usr/sbin/ntpd: invalid option -- p

2008-06-15 Thread Andrew Reid
On Sunday 15 June 2008 17:10, David Christensen wrote: > Andrew Reid wrote: > > Check if there is also an /etc/init.d/ntpd. If your box used > > to have ntp, and that package was removed but not purged, the init > > files will still be in place. /etc/init.d/ntpd will find > > the openntp executab

RE: Starting NTP server: ntpd/usr/sbin/ntpd: invalid option -- p

2008-06-15 Thread David Christensen
Andrew Reid wrote: > Check if there is also an /etc/init.d/ntpd. If your box used > to have ntp, and that package was removed but not purged, the init > files will still be in place. /etc/init.d/ntpd will find > the openntp executable and try to run it, but with wierd/wrong > options. Thanks fo

Re: Starting NTP server: ntpd/usr/sbin/ntpd: invalid option -- p

2008-06-15 Thread Andrew Reid
On Sunday 15 June 2008 13:48, David Christensen wrote: > debian-user: > > I recently installed openntpd on a Debian 4.0 virtual machine > (http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/#debian4.0) running on VMWare Server > 1.0.4: > [Details elided] > I dug through /etc/init.d/openntpd, /etc/default/open