Hi,

The ntp test uses the ntpdate command:

Command: ntpdate -u -q -p 1 192.168.192.1 2>&1

server 192.168.192.1, stratum 3, offset 0.000055, delay 0.02580 18 Aug 12:19:03 ntpdate[75689]: adjust time server 192.168.192.1 offset 0.000055 sec It shouldn't matter if the system is using chrony for timekeeping because ntpdate with '-q' is a simple ntp protocol query that doesn't attempt to change anything.

You may be able to cook something up with the chronyd command using the option '-Q' but it looks quite messy to do.

Cheers,

Brian

On 17/8/18 1:47 am, Mike Burger wrote:

Good morning,

I'm installing Xymon on an Amazon Linux 2 instance (RHEL/CentOS 7 equivalent) and noticed that, although Chrony is installed on the instance, the ntp and ntpdate packages were installed as pre-reqs for the JC's xymon package.

I was just wondering:

• Why is ntp/ntpdate a requirement for the Xymon package?
• Does Chrony not have equivalent functionality?

Thanks. --  Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org

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