Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      28 Dec 2016 16:19:10 -0000
From:      "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        shamim.shahriar@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: where is ntpd
Message-ID:  <20161228161910.29741.qmail@ary.lan>
In-Reply-To: <CAOyJeZTWdpu%2BciFeM1bOYZmodC1S2--T1OFKaYE9pwPpXKN6Lw@mail.gmail.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

># which ntpd
>/usr/sbin/ntpd

>So, where does the ntpd I am running come from if not from a package
>or port?

It's in the base system, which is why it's in /usr/sbin rather than
/usr/local/sbin

There is also an ntpd port, but unless you want to tweak it to do
something exotic, there's no reason not to use the regular one.

R's,
John



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20161228161910.29741.qmail>