[DONE] Run the ntpd and set the timezone

[Midnight]

Hi,

there is an option to set a ntp server, but apparantly no ntp daemon is run. Is the time only set once at startup? That's a bad idea because it will drift then.
To keep time in sync the ntpd should be run at startup and it should be possible to configure up to three ntp servers (one required, two and three optional). The servers, that are already configured in /etc/ntp.conf are a good and simpel default:

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# Associate to public NTP pool servers; see http://www.pool.ntp.org/
server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org

It would be even better to use servers from your continent or country:

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server 0.europe.pool.ntp.org
server 1.europe.ntp.org
server 2.de.pool.ntp.org

I've also noticed that there is no timezone set, this should be added to the UI, too.

[ACX]

That would be an useful improvement, as also other users pointed out. We'll try to include it in the next release or at least in the following one.

[ACX]

Added in 0.3-beta release.

[rodgersan]

Added in 0.3-beta release.

Do you mean for the timezone (seems to be working for me)? Because I have never been able to set another ntp server than pool.ntp.org. Not sure though, gui for the ntp server is not clear to me.

Shoud I get my own ntp server indicated in the textbox? How can I test my custom ntp server is being used? When I check /etc/ntp.conf, that's still pool.ntp.org:

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server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 2.pool.ntp.org iburst


Would be nice to have this little extra information and leave the textbox with the custom one set.

Set your reference time sync server (NTP server). Default is pool.ntp.org.

Regards,

PS: maybe should I fill a bug report? Forum or Git?

[ACX]

PS: maybe should I fill a bug report? Forum or Git?

It's ok to continue this here. We'll take a look on that as soon as possible.