ntp-client service fails

marcus · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:58 am Post subject: ntp-client service fails

I have just set up ntp following the gentoo guide. However, when it fails when starting the service:

adaptr · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:02 am Post subject:

Check the ntpd config file, and /etc/conf.d/ntpd for any obvious errors.
Also check the logs.
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marcus · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:33 pm Post subject:

Hmm, I checked the conf files once again, but didn't find any errors there. However, I took a (winlike) wild guess and reemerged ntp and now it works without any further configuration...

One question, though; what is /dev/null?

By the way, thanks for replying.

dj_goku · Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/null
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