ntpdate on boot problem

[Alexander Best]

On Sat Nov  5 11, Robert Simmons wrote:
> Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working
> before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address?
> 
> After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following
> error on boot:
> 
> Setting date via ntp.
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
> 
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
> 
> Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: can't find host 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org
> 
>  5 Nov 17:11:05
> ntpdate[786]: no servers can be used, exiting
> 
> I've had this problem with machines using DHCP and the solution was to
> use SYNCDHCP rather than DHCP in rc.conf.  However, this box is using
> a static IP address.  But the problem seems to be similar.

same here. simply add something like the following to your crontab:

0	10	*	*	*/2	/etc/rc.d/ntpdate onestart

cheers.
alex

> 
> Rob