GhostSBH Since the latest update the time server is not running - not is it a found service. Rather an important service, ntpd Please advise a fix asap
me12345 GhostSBH Not sure I would call it CRITICAL but I noticed time server sync is not enabled by default in *BSDs. Anyway below are deals to enable it. Some people might consider the time server sync installed by default as "calling home" spyware. This is BSD by the way. hahaha How to set up NTP Clock Synchronization on FreeBSD with ntpd
DHOC_TAZH me12345 this worked for me. For a quick fix, I entered: ntpdate -v -b in.pool.ntp.org That did the sync I needed to see.
GhostSBH Despite rc.conf enabling the service [ntpd_enable="YES" and ntpd_sync_on_start="YES"] it isn't running. If I list services [service ntpd status], service reports: "ntpd does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d), or is not executable" I believe this occurred after the last system update. Did GhostBSD move to a different method to maintain system time?
me12345 Below is a FreeBSD discussion back in 2022. It discusses the two methods. I'm too lazy to go through details and figure out which if either were the default on GhostBSD/FreeBSD and old versions as I just enabled one and it has been working. https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/configuration-of-local-ntpd-on-freebsd-13-0.84933/
GhostSBH Both the upgrade from 14 to 15 AND the latest download (I did an install to another HDD) do not have any files pertaining to ntpd whatsoever on the system. The ntpd service is not installed in release 15. Is there a fix? The only packages available in the repository are ntpd-rs and openntpd.
DHOC_TAZH ericbsd Thanks! Installed GhostBSD-ntp, rebooted, then ran this command in terminal to display local time: ntpdate -v -b in.pool.ntp.org
