Enable and Start the Service

About this task

Perform the following steps as user root on the machine:

Procedure

  1. Configure the service to start at boot time by using the following command: 
    
chkconfig ntpd on
  2. Start the service immediately by using the following command: 
    
service ntpd start
  3. Verify that the service started and contacted a server by using the following command: 
    
ntpq -np
  4. View log messages for the NTP daemon in file /var/log/messages.