How to start NTP at boot on Slackware 9.1?

JR wrote:

> How to start NTP at boot on Slackware 9.1?

1) create an ntp.conf file in /etc with a pointer to your time server of
choice. Here is mine:
$ cat /etc/ntp.conf
server tick.jrc.us
driftfile /etc/ntp/ntp.drift

2) create an /etc/ntp directory (this may be optional, but do it in case)
3) add a line in rc.local or another startup file (local is better) that
calls ntpd -A (to load as a daemon) or ntpd -q to just sync and exit.

Of course, this assumes you have the package loaded and installed.

Also, if you use dhcp, be sure to change the line in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 that
calls dhcpcd so that it includes the command line option -N to prevent it
from overwriting your ntp.conf file each time.

Good luck

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:30:00 -0600, JR wrote:

> How to start NTP at boot on Slackware 9.1?

Put the relevant commands in /etc/rc.local.

In slackware 8.1 & 9, the default location is /etc/rc.d/rc.local,
has it been changed in 9.1?

I havent made the upgrade yet.

Thanks,
Jason
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