Les Mikesell wrote: > Ralph Angenendt wrote: >> John Summerfield wrote: >>> My dhcp server offers an ntp server; _that_ is the one I want used. >>> It seems weird to me that it isn't. >> >> Nobody forbids you to use that. We are just changing the *default* >> stuff for the time configuration utility and the *default* config for >> ntpd. >> > > I think what he means is that if the dhcp server supplies the option for > ntp servers, they should be installed and used automatically more or > less like dns servers are - unless you have set an option to override > with a different setting. > Exactly. At present, the offering is either ignored ... or I've made a goose of myself again. I don't feel like doing a manual install right now to see what goes on, but I can't find a RH-ish system that isn't using the value offered by my dhcp server. Even on C4. I do think one shouldn't be asked about timezone info by Anaconda if the DHCP server provides it, and I'm sure it still does, but that isn't what I had in mind. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)