I'm probably missing something here, but the only times I've used rpm is to install a file I've already acquired. To get the file itself use up2date: up2date ntpd You might have to configure up2date first, but if it's not a virgin system this may already have been done. Are you sure you don't already have ntpd? You could do: rpm -q ntpd which would tell you which version of ntpd the rpm database knows about. By the way, universally and without exception (almost), everybody calls rpm the Redhat Package Manager. From the manual, I get the idea it's supposed to be one of those "reflexive definitions" and is actually the RPM Package Manager. Not that anybody gives a darn... Lee _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list