On Wednesday 21 June 2006 02:32, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > On 6/21/06, Ambrogio <fn050202@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I'm experiencing a bad behavior of ntp server. > > I have had some network probnlems lately, and noticed that if the > network is not running before NTP starts it plays up a bit. > > It's not a fix, but hack as such, can you set things so that ntpd > only starts when at home or your office? That way you know the > network is running first? Perhjapse use a spare runlevel for the > office/home and another for on the raod? If you use NetworkManager, you can solve this problem. The NetworkManagerDispatcher will run programs or scripts in response to interface up/down events. One use of this is to start (or restart) the ntpd when the interface transitions from down -> up and to stop the ntpd when the interface transitions from up -> down. See NetworkManagerDispatcher(1) for details. Here's the script I run on on my laptop when an interface transitions (/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ntpd-script). I can't remember where I got this, but the code is simple and straightforward. I always have a happy ntpd as long as I have an interface up: #!/bin/bash # # $Id: ntpd-script,v 1.1 2006/02/18 10:52:03 root Exp $ if [ -x /usr/bin/logger ]; then LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger -s -p user.notice -t NetworkManagerDispatcher" else LOGGER=echo fi if [ ! -x /etc/init.d/ntpd ]; then $LOGGER "init script /etc/init.d/ntpd missing or not executible" return fi if [ -n $1 ] && [ $2 == "up" ]; then if [ -f /var/run/ntpd.pid ]; then $LOGGER "ntpd is running, restart" /sbin/service ntpd restart else $LOGGER "ntpd is not running, start" /sbin/service ntpd start fi fi if [ -n $1 ] && [ $2 == "down" ] && [ -f /var/run/ntpd.pid ]; then $LOGGER "ntpd is running, stop" /sbin/service ntpd stop fi -- Garry T. Williams --- +1 678 656-4579 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list