Re: Resolver problems

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 10:24:24PM +0100, Ingolf Steinbach wrote:
> However, ntpdate now complains that the NTP servers cannot be found.

This is known issue which has been fixed in NetBSD-current:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2009/08/03/msg223600.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2009/08/03/msg223601.html

> Shouldn't named be started before executing ntpdate and starting ntpd?
> Is there a rc.conf setting for that?

You could configure your machine to not use "ntpdate" and instead
tell "ntpd" to sync the time hard at startup like this:

ntpd=YES
ntpd_flags=-g

        Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/