* Synchronizing clock to ntp.ubuntulinux.org... ??? [on breezy startup]

[Derek Broughton]

Thilo Six wrote:

> Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote the following on 02.08.2006 17:32:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> Hmmnn does the existence of /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate on my dapper
>> machine mean that whenever the internet connection via eth0 is
>> brought up, my system clock is being "corrected" to match the time on
>> some server???
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> So that when I cleanly shutdown my box, the hardware
>> clock's locally/manually adjusted time is being overwritten with the
>> "corrected" time now held in the systems clock?
>> 
>> If so what do I break if I do an
>> 
>> su -c "rm /etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate"

I can't quite figure out why you _want_ to have a clock that's wrong
(clearly, the correct solution is to fix your employer's clock :-) ), but
why not just remove ntpdate if you don't like it - or 
  echo NTPSERVERS= >>/etc/default/ntpdate
will make it do nothing.
-- 
derek