time and date

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:04:22 +0100
Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 15.01.2013, 15:07 -0700 schrieb JD:
> 
> > To add insult to injury, the DVD media from which it is installed
> > did not install the ntp package. I had to install it manually.
> ubuntu installs ntpdate by default since years, it checks (and
> corrects) the time while establishing a network connection. 
> 
> why would you ship an ntp server on a desktop default install ?
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 
I think ntp is a daemon and set of utilities, not a server:

(ntp)
"This package contains the NTP daemon and utility programs.  An NTP
daemon needs to be running on each host that is to have its clock
accuracy controlled by NTP. ...  An NTP
daemon needs to be running on each host that is to have its clock
accuracy controlled by NTP."

One would run it in order to have the correct time set on their
computer.  Why would one /not/ want it on a default installation?

that said, there /is/ ntpdate, but it says, "ntpdate by itself is
useful for occasionally setting the time on machines that do not have
full-time network access, such as laptops," so, unless the b ox is
connected full time, ntp.

Cybe R. Wizard
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