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Re: OT: What time is it, really?

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On Friday 10 August 2018 05:54:22 Anders Andersson wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 7:35 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> 
wrote:
> > On Thursday 09 August 2018 12:26:24 Martin wrote:
> >> Am 09.08.2018 um 18:15 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> >> > On Thursday 09 August 2018 11:16:27 Martin wrote:
> >> >> Am 09.08.2018 um 17:12 schrieb Nicolas George:
> >> >
> >> > Then I suggest you reread man ntp.conf, and /etc/ntp.conf, and
> >> > edit it as root until you do understand it. Note that changes to
> >> > take effect, need a root session of "service ntp restart".
> >>
> >> Wrong topic, may be?
> >> I used to use ntpd. Then tried systemd-timesyncd to act a a server.
> >> Which it will not do. Hence, I run ntpd.
> >
> > Wrong topic? Note that nowhere in that portion of my msg you
> > snipped, was systemd.timesyncd mentioned. It may have been in some
> > other part of that message that I didn't author, and which you also
> > snipped.
> > You might want to let some of the stuffing out of that shirt. I was
> > trying to be helpfull because the docs do suck a bit.  And helpfull
> > people are harder and harder to find because of folks with an
> > attitude
>
> You're the one with the attitude here. Martin claimed that the
> documentation for systemd-timesyncd sucked, and that it can not serve
> time to a local network. You then go on to lecture him about reading
> the documentation for NTP, "until you understand it", something he
> obviously already does since he is already using it. After he
> clarified the context, Instead of apologizing you reply with an attack
> about his stuffed shirt.

Maybe stuffed shirt was over-reaction, but from what was written, I got 
the impression that Martin did not understand ntp all that well. If he 
does in fact understand its theory, then my apologies.

-- 
Cheers, Gene Heskett
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-09 16:40 +0200
  Re: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 16:40 +0200
  Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 16:40 +0200
    Re: What time is it, really? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-08-09 17:00 +0200
      Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
        Re: What time is it, really? Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
        Re: What time is it, really? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-08-09 20:40 +0200
          Re: What time is it, really? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-09 21:50 +0200
            Re: What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-09 23:40 +0200
              Re: What time is it, really? Shea Alterio <krusete@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 00:00 +0200
              Re: What time is it, really? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 17:20 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-10 17:40 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 21:50 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-10 18:40 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 19:50 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Fekete Tamás <fektom@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 19:50 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-10 20:10 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-10 20:20 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-10 23:00 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? Fekete Tamás <fektom@gmail.com> - 2018-08-11 11:10 +0200
                Re: What time is it, really? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-10 22:40 +0200
    Re: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
    Re: What time is it, really? Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-08-09 17:20 +0200
      Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 18:00 +0200
        Re: What time is it, really? Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2018-08-09 19:10 +0200
        Re: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 19:20 +0200
        Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-09 20:00 +0200
    Re: What time is it, really? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 01:30 +0200
  Re: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 16:50 +0200
    OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 17:10 +0200
      Re: OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 17:20 +0200
        Re: OT: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 17:50 +0200
          Re: OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 18:10 +0200
        Re: OT: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 18:20 +0200
          Re: OT: What time is it, really? Martin <keine-eile@online.de> - 2018-08-09 18:30 +0200
            Re: OT: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 19:40 +0200
              Re: OT: What time is it, really? Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2018-08-10 12:00 +0200
                Re: OT: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-10 13:50 +0200
      Re: OT: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 17:20 +0200
    Re: What time is it, really? Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> - 2018-08-09 18:50 +0200
      Re: What time is it, really? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2018-08-09 19:00 +0200
      Re: What time is it, really? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-08-09 19:00 +0200
      Re: What time is it, really? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-09 20:00 +0200
  Re: What time is it, really? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-08-09 16:50 +0200

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