Re: CentOS 7

>     I am able to manually start ntpd using the command "systemctl
>     start ntpd.service". I thought I had indicated that in my original
>     post. When I run the enable command, it does create a sym link.
>     Below is what it does...

>     ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service'
>     '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntpd.service'

>     For some reason or another it is not starting though on boot.

>     I looked at my log file and it is not showing any failure from
>     what I can see. I know that systemd is not starting ntpd
>     automatically. I am using the package that came with the
>     distribution and am getting a bit frustrated that such a simple
>     thing is not working.

>     Gilbert

>     On 8/13/2014 3:44 PM, Kevin Fries wrote:

>>     Try starting your ntp manually:

>>          systemstl start ntpd

>>     You may see an error message referring you to the journal. 
>>     Startup scripts in SystemD are not difficult, but are very
>>     different and can be a bit intimidating until you realize they
>>     are no different that what you always used but in a different order.

>>     If it starts ok but not on boot, your enable command is not
>>     working right.  The enable command should create a symlink very
>>     similar to the old rc3.d=> init.d link of old, only the locations
>>     are different. Then on startup, the system should run that script
>>     doing an equivalent of systemctl start on it.

>>     So, try to start it manually and see what happens.

>>     Kevin

>>     On Aug 13, 2014 4:30 PM, "Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr."
>>     <mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net
>>     <mailto:mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net>> wrote:

>>         I am playing with CentOS 7 and have been encountering some
>>         difficulties. I was wondering if anyone else has attempted to
>>         use it or is having problems?

>>         <positive>
>>         I was able to have the client machine join my Samba 4 windows
>>         domain and am able to authenticate to it. Yea!

>>         <negatives>
>>         I cannot get ntp to start at statup. I am always having to
>>         manually start it. I have run "systemctl enable ntpd.service"
>>         which I understand is the correct command for systemd to have
>>         an application start on boot (it was "chkconfig ntpd on"
>>         utilizing previous versions).
>>         There is the problem of applications... I cannot find a rdp
>>         client on the distro or epel. I found rdesktop on a
>>         repository that I have never used before and don't know if I
>>         trust.

>>         I am thinking about trying Linux Mint
>>         (http://www.linuxmint.com/) or kubuntu
>>         (http://www.kubuntu.org/). I am trying to see if I can
>>         operate at my office without Windows. I am very comfortable
>>         with CentOS versions prior to 7 am trying to stay with CentOS
>>         because all of my servers are based on one version of CentOS
>>         or another. I did not like CentOS 6 as a desktop and that is
>>         why I was trying 7. Debian based distros have always been
>>         intimidating since I am used to the package management,
>>         service calls, and locations of files in CentOS.

>>         Gilbert
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