On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> At booting, ntpdate fails to start, and also the following command >>>>> fails: >>>>> >>>>> # /sbin/service ntpdate start >>>>> ntpdate: Synchronizing with time server: [FAILED] >>>>> # >>>>> >>>>> The log messages are: >>>>> >>>>> Sep 7 12:50:50 localhost ntpdate[2908]: the NTP socket is in use, >>>>> exiting >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> service ntpd status >>>> >>>> Should show you that the ntp daemon is already running. >>>> >>>> You can't run both ntpd (the server) and ntpdate (the client) at the >>>> same time. >>> >>> Thanks, Stuart and Edward. Got this: >>> >>> # /sbin/service ntpd status >>> ntpd (pid 2059) is running... >>> # >>> >>> ntpdate tries to start at booting. So, should I disable it? Which one >>> of the two should I have running in order to have always a correct >>> time on my computer? >>> >> either, but not both. I suggest ntpd, particularly if you run more than one >> machine. A local time server can be specified with the "prefer" (from >> memory) option, and that will be used if available. See the man pages on >> this. The nice thing about running your own server is that if your network >> connection drops your machines will all stay together, handy if you are >> trying to match logs from one machine to another. >> >> If you run just one machine it probably doesn't matter. > > Thanks, Bill. I am running only one machine. How can I remove one of them from trying to start at booting? Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
