Ntpd config file support

Laszlo Papp lpapp at kde.org
Tue Mar 18 12:54:03 UTC 2014


Hi Harald,

I am working on an init script which I will submit soon to the Yocto
project if everything goes alright.

The idea is that I have an application on the embedded system where
the user can configure the ntp peer. The application would then re-run
and also enable the ntp daemon from busybox if it is not yet done so.

I think the standard way to do it would be to use initscripts (sysv or
systemd). It is not a problem to run busybox's ntpd with the right
command line parameters on the fly, but automatically on boot, it is
getting a bit more important if you know what I mean.

It would be basically consistent with several other applets, namely:

* syslogd
* crond
* httpd
* udhcpcd
* inetd

... etc. As for Zoltan, yes, I understood, and that is why I also
mentioned he would be doing it in buildroot, which is somewhat similar
to Yocto, but not quite. :) The point is that ntpd could be run from
initscripts with a config file dedicated for it, but perhaps there are
better solutions for this out there?

Cheers, L.



On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Harald Becker <ralda at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Laszlo !
>
>>it seems that the ntpd util currently does not support config
>>files.
>
> The Busybox ntpd applet get all information it needs via command
> line, so it doesn't need to read any config file. The config
> files Zoltan mentioned are part of his distribution, not
> Busybox. So what kind of config file feature do you need?
>
> --
> Harald


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