Re: [ldm-users] Minor bug in LDM 6.8.0: can't find ntpdate

• To: Gerry Creager <gerry.creager@xxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [ldm-users] Minor bug in LDM 6.8.0: can't find ntpdate
• From: Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:13:37 -0600

Gerry Creager wrote:
> And, since I'm running ntpd, ntpdate can't get the socket... and ldm
> isn't the root user (but I can always fix permissions).

The ldmadmin(1) script uses the command "ntpdate -q", which queries a
time-server in order to check the accuracy of the system clock but *does
not* attempt to set the system clock; consequently, it isn't affected by
a running ntpd(8) daemon and the command can be run by anyone and not
just the superuser.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

• References:
  • Re: [ldm-users] Minor bug in LDM 6.8.0: can't find ntpdate
    • From: Laws, Peter C.
  • Re: [ldm-users] Minor bug in LDM 6.8.0: can't find ntpdate
    • From: Gerry Creager