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Date:      Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:49:47 +0800 (WST)
From:      Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To:        Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
Cc:        David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Jim Cassata <jim@web-ex.com>
Subject:   Re: xntpd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810112148120.10898-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <19981011092548.A14433@emu.sourcee.com>

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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Norman C Rice wrote:

> If you created the drift file, delete it and restart xntpd so it can create
> the drift file when it's ready too -- have patience. Apparently, xntpd expects 
> the drift file to contain valid data if it exists.

I found xntpd would not start if the drift file did not exist. So, I just
touched it (meant is was 0b length), then started xntpd. No problems
thereafter.

Regards,

d.

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| Dean Hollister,           | dean@mushka.ml.org        |
| Perth, Western Australia. | dean@wa.apana.org.au      |
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