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ntp question?

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I've searched a few forums and read some documentation, but I'm still a bit confused by one package: ntp

I've used ntp-simple previously and have a decent understanding of it, but does the ntp package also provide an ntp client & server? If I remember correctly, it is a 'complicated' ntp client/server and requires manually creating the necessary config files. Is that correct?

Lastly, I assume most Ubuntu servers would benefit from the ntp-simple package used for the client daemon since ntpdate only updates on bootup (unless a cron is setup...not recommended according the man page). Or is another ntp package better for the job (chrony ?).

Thanks for any help with this...

Rodd

ARG...double posted by accident. Sorry about that...