On Friday 10 August 2018 05:54:22 Anders Andersson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 7:35 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On Thursday 09 August 2018 12:26:24 Martin wrote: > >> Am 09.08.2018 um 18:15 schrieb Gene Heskett: > >> > On Thursday 09 August 2018 11:16:27 Martin wrote: > >> >> Am 09.08.2018 um 17:12 schrieb Nicolas George: > >> > > >> > Then I suggest you reread man ntp.conf, and /etc/ntp.conf, and > >> > edit it as root until you do understand it. Note that changes to > >> > take effect, need a root session of "service ntp restart". > >> > >> Wrong topic, may be? > >> I used to use ntpd. Then tried systemd-timesyncd to act a a server. > >> Which it will not do. Hence, I run ntpd. > > > > Wrong topic? Note that nowhere in that portion of my msg you > > snipped, was systemd.timesyncd mentioned. It may have been in some > > other part of that message that I didn't author, and which you also > > snipped. > > You might want to let some of the stuffing out of that shirt. I was > > trying to be helpfull because the docs do suck a bit. And helpfull > > people are harder and harder to find because of folks with an > > attitude > > You're the one with the attitude here. Martin claimed that the > documentation for systemd-timesyncd sucked, and that it can not serve > time to a local network. You then go on to lecture him about reading > the documentation for NTP, "until you understand it", something he > obviously already does since he is already using it. After he > clarified the context, Instead of apologizing you reply with an attack > about his stuffed shirt.
Maybe stuffed shirt was over-reaction, but from what was written, I got the impression that Martin did not understand ntp all that well. If he does in fact understand its theory, then my apologies. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
