ntp vs. ntp-server vs. ntp-simple vs. ntpdate?

[Heiko Barg]

Michael Hipp schrieb:
> What do all these different daemons/utilities do?
> 
> I'm trying to decide which is the simplest one I can use to keep my 
> server periodically sync'ed to a local NTP server.
> 
> Microsecond accuracy is not particularly important.
> 
> Should I go for a daemon or something that runs in cron?
Have a look at the program "chrony". It should also available in the 
Ubuntu Repositorys.
On my (Debain) Server I had problems with the ntp-daemon. But chrony 
does his job very well.

regards,
heiko