[clug] What runlevel should bring network up?

[Kim Holburn]

xntpd will fail if your local clock is more than 1 second out.  (I  
forget the exact amount.)  Most ntp start up scripts run ntpdate or  
ntptimeset first before they start ntpd.

If you try and run ntpdate or ntptimeset with ntpd or xntpd running  
they will fail.  Some packaging systems have ntpdate or ntptimeset in  
a different package to ntpd and you may not have them installed.

You can run ntpq and use the peers command to check the status of ntp.

On 2006 Jun 07, at 2:03 PM, Michael James wrote:

> Debian brings network up in runlevel 2
>  when everything I know waits till 3.
>
> I'm seeing link S15xntpd fail its initial timeset
>  despite being ostensibly behind S08network.
> This suggests that runlevel 2 might be better.
>
> That would give us this characterisation of the runlevels.
>
> 1	Single user
> 2	Network on (but no services)
> 3	Full network services
> 4	reserved
> 5	Full network with graphic login
>
> AFAIK the booting system waits till all services in a level are alive
>  before starting the S scripts in the next.
> So moving network to 2 would guarantee it was up and running
>  before attempting to start any services on it.
>
> Any Debian types know the ideas behind its levels?
> Any non-Debian types know what level 2 IS for?
>
> TIA,
> michaelj
>
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