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v_fone

02-22-2009 05:36 AM

Disabling ntpd service

Hello everyone.

I have a Red Hat 5.2 and when the system start, it remains a lot of time with the ntp synchronization. If I log in the system in single user mode, Could I disable the ntpd service? Or there are other possibilities?
Thanks

alan_ri

02-22-2009 05:44 AM

Code:

/sbin/chkconfig ntpd off

should do.

unSpawn

02-22-2009 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v_fone (Post 3453078)

Or there are other possibilities?

Does it throw any errors? What servers does it (try to) sync with ('ntpq -p | grep -e "^[\+|\*]"')?

repo	02-22-2009 06:24 AM

doesn't /etc/init.d/ntpd has this code:

Code:

# Check that networking is up.

[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0



if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/ntpd ];then

        . /etc/sysconfig/ntpd

fi

Then you can start
/etc/init.d/ntpd
when the connection is up

v_fone

02-22-2009 06:40 AM

My problem is that I cant access to the login console and I cant enter on the system because ntpd services tries to synchronize (and it's impossible to do because is doesnt have internet connection). Due to this fact I thought to enter on the system as single user, and then disable the service, it's a good solution?
Thanks a lot!

repo	02-22-2009 06:42 AM

what happens when you press CTRL-C or CTRL-X?
when it stops at ntpd

v_fone

02-22-2009 07:52 AM

Thanks for your answers.
I think that I dont explain me so well.
The problem is, in graphical environment, when the system is starting and loading the modules ( I mean, when I turn on the machine) appears (more or less)
mounting file system --> ok
Bring up eth0 --> ok
Starting ntpd services --> And then it waits to synchronize and the minutes goes away and the system looks like locked

I want to disabled the service but I cant do on a normal way because it remains at this point.
Then, do you think If I enter on single user mode and use chkconfig everithing will be ok and the ntpd service appears no more?

Thanks and sorry for my poor english

alan_ri

02-22-2009 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v_fone (Post 3453166)

Then, do you think If I enter on single user mode and use chkconfig everithing will be ok and the ntpd service not appear no more?

Yes.

repo	02-22-2009 10:14 AM

Starting ntpd services --> And then it waits to synchronize and the minutes goes away and the system looks like locked

here you can press CTRL-C or CTRL-X
then it will continue loading.
Then you can disable or remove ntpd

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