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Re: How do I get ntp to start on boot?



On March 2, 2004 12:19, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 10:51:22AM -0500, stan wrote:
> > But it's not starting up on boot. I realize that I simply need to
> > add aproriate links in the /etc/rc*.d directories, but I'm betting
> > there is a "Debian Way" to do this, right?
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> General consensus is not to use the NTP packages unless you have a
> need for some specific functionality that NTP provides.  Instead, if
> all you need is a nice, accurate clock without the fuss, try chrony
> instead.

Whose consensus? Can you elaborate?

Installing the Debian package ntp-simple installs a script 
in /etc/init.d which is the directory from which all daemons are 
started.



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