Bug 337565

Summary:	ntp pool servers not listed in yast date and time module
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Tim Lee <timlee>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Katarina Machalkova <kmachalkova>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Minor
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	jsuchome
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i686
OS:	Other
Whiteboard:
Found By:	Integration Test	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---

Description Tim Lee 2007-10-29 16:11:53 UTC

* from control center started 'date and time' module
* in date and time clicked Change button
* in change date and time dialog clicked on synchronize with NTP server
* scrolled down list of NTP servers but did not see any from pool.ntp.org 

yes there is a check box for "use random server servers from pool.ntp.org" in the NTP configuration dialog. but I'm guessing most people won't get that far and will just randomly pick a server in the list in the "Change date and time" dialog. Why not just add north-america.pool.ntp.org, europe.pool.ntp.org, etc. to that list?

Comment 1 Katarina Machalkova 2007-10-31 12:28:52 UTC

The list either
1. shows configured servers that you already have in /etc/ntp.conf
2. proposes some servers provided that /etc/ntp.conf does not exist, or contains no servers

In the proposal 2, there is always $country.pool.ntp.org (e.g. nl.pool.ntp.org, bw.pool.ntp.org,...). If you don't see any of the pool servers, it means something is already configured in your /etc/ntp.conf.