Ntpdate fails to start

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Björn Persson
<bjorn at xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> wrote:
>> # /sbin/service ntpd status
>> ntpd (pid 2059) is running...
>> #
>>
>> ntpdate tries to start at booting. So, should I disable it? Which one
>> of the two should I have running in order to have always a correct
>> time on my computer?
>
> If you usually leave your computer running and reboot it only when there's an
> update to Linux or GlibC, then you should use NTPD. It polls its servers
> periodically and keeps your clock synchronized. If you only turn the computer
> on for an hour every day, then it may be better to run NTPdate to set the
> clock at boot. Somewhere between these two extremes is a grey area. I don't
> know exactly where.

Thanks,  Björn, for your explanation. Usually, I boot my computer
early in the morning, and I turn it off before going to sleep. Not
everyday, but most of the days.

Paul