CentOS 7

[Kevin Fries]

Just to make sure we are using the same vernacular... you are looking at
/var/logs or the Journal?

Kevin
On Aug 13, 2014 5:02 PM, "Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr." <
mailing-lists at phoenixinternet.net> wrote:

>  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 at 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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