Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/: ntpd or ntp-client?

[Justin <justin@j-schmitz.net>]

Stroller wrote:
> 
> On 4 Feb 2009, at 13:40, Justin wrote:
>> Stroller schrieb:
>>> ...
>>> I understood that ntpd was not only a server for my LAN (a facility I
>>> don't use) but that it would also periodically check the time with
>>> upstream servers & keep the machine's clock in constant sync.
>>> ...
>> pkg_postinst() {
>>     ewarn "You can find an example /etc/ntp.conf in /usr/share/ntp/"
>>     ewarn "Review /etc/ntp.conf to setup server info."
>>     ewarn "Review /etc/conf.d/ntpd to setup init.d info."
>>     echo
>>     elog "The way ntp sets and maintains your system time has changed."
>>     elog "Now you can use /etc/init.d/ntp-client to set your time at"
>>     elog "boot while you can use /etc/init.d/ntpd to maintain your time"
>>     elog "while your machine runs"
> 
> Right! That's the very message which caused me to switch!
> 
> Stroller.
> 
> 
> 
so use the ntp-client to set the time at boot and use ntp to  keep clock
synced.