/etc/default/ntpdate is read and used by /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian. Is your problem that ntpdate isn't getting run? Do you perhaps have an empty /etc/ntp.conf file (bug 83604)?
** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689343 Title: ntpdate has no /etc/default/ntpdate reference -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs