[ntp:questions] Issues installing ntpd on Win 7

A C agcarver+ntp at acarver.net
Tue Apr 29 15:52:49 UTC 2014


On 2014-04-29 00:33, David Taylor wrote:
> On 29/04/2014 06:35, A C wrote:
> []
>> The original error messages were:
>>
>> A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Network
>> Time Protocol Daemon service to connect.
>>
>> followed by
>>
>> The Network Time Protocol Daemon service failed to start due to the
>> following error:
>> The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely
>> fashion.
>>
>> No other errors or warnings.
>>
>> It's running now, the logs show synchronization and the only error is
>> regarding the ability to generate the .rnd file.
> 
> Thanks for that - although I'm no nearer to explaining the cause of the
> original problem.
> 
> In my configuration, the .RND file is created in:
> 
>   C:\Tools\NTP\etc
> 
> so most likely the problem was due to accepting the defaults (i.e.
> Program Files) in your first install.  I recommend:
> 
>   C:\Tools\NTP
> 
> rather than:
> 
>   C:\Program Files\NTP
> 
> where C:\Tools is a completely open directory.  The user typically needs
> to edit the ntp.conf file for their own servers and logging needs.
> 
> 

I installed to C:\NTP so there's something else wrong.  The ntpd account
that was created has full access to that directory.


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