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Subject: Re: ntpd / time server confusion
To: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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Hi Uli,

a very simple ntp.conf could look like this:

#ntp.conf
server 129.132.2.21

That is the timeserver swisstime.ethz.ch (which I use). Then start the ntpd
with ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf (assuming you created the file there). Work fine
for me.

- Joe


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