[Bug 537451] Re: ntpdate-debian not syncing time

[Mathias Gug]

ntpdate-debian uses /etc/default/ntpdate for its configuration file.
/etc/default/ntpdate should have a list of ntp servers in it:

# Set to "yes" to take the server list from /etc/ntp.conf, from package ntp,
# so you only have to keep it in one place.
NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF=yes

# List of NTP servers to use  (Separate multiple servers with spaces.)
# Not used if NTPDATE_USE_NTP_CONF is yes.
NTPSERVERS="ntp.ubuntu.com"

I'm not sure what your problem is. ntpdate-debian is run only *once*
when the network interface is brought up. If the system has been running
from some time and the time drifted ntpdate-debian won't fix the time in
a continuous manner: this is what ntp is for.

To summarize: ntpdate-debian corrects the time once, ntp corrects the
time continuously.

** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: ntp (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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ntpdate-debian not syncing time
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