Enable and Start the Service
About this task
Perform the following steps as user root on the machine:
Procedure
- Configure the service to start at boot time by using the
following command:
chkconfig ntpd on
- Start the service immediately by using the following command:
service ntpd start
- Verify that the service started and contacted a server
by using the following command:
ntpq -np
- View log messages for the NTP daemon in file /var/log/messages.