Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 20:40:55 +0200 From: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up ntpd on FreeBSD (5.4) Message-ID: <1116009655.676.48.camel@genius1.i.cz> In-Reply-To: <20050513140422.40062.qmail@web54010.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050513140422.40062.qmail@web54010.mail.yahoo.com>
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Rob wrote: > Michal Mertl wrote:> > > /etc/ntp directory isn't used by default on 5.4. > > The default location for ntp.drift file is /var/db. > > I've never created it by hand (not even by > > 'touching' it), it gets created automatically. > > No, there's no such default as "/var/db/ntp.drift". > It's either "/etc/ntp.drift" or "/var/db/ntpd.drift", > depending on which of the two you consider is the > 'most' default :). Sorry, I haven't actually checked my 'facts' before replying. It was because, as I wrote in my reply, the file gets created automatically and I don't change the defaults. I don't do it without a good reason. Sorry again for increasing the confusion. I hope it still helped the original poster. Michal
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