Ntpd starting before network connection up.

Question

Hey I'm using open ntpd  to sync time on my computer. But it seems to be running before my network connection is up, therefore not syncing the time.
I'm unfamiliar with systemd (and honestly, really despise it), so I'm having trouble fixing the problem. Here's the .service file:
$ cat /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/openntpd.service
[Unit]
Description=OpenNTP Daemon
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ntpd -s
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Any ideas?

Answer 1

NTPD should automatically resume after connection has been established. See systemctl, systemctl status ntpd, journalctl.
You should see something like this
May 25 22:55:39 arch ntpd[642]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
May 25 22:55:42 arch dhcpcd[370]: enp4s0: leased 192.168.1.107 for 86400 seconds
May 25 22:55:42 arch dhcpcd[370]: enp4s0: adding route to 192.168.1.0/24
May 25 22:55:42 arch dhcpcd[370]: enp4s0: adding default route via 192.168.1.254
May 25 22:55:43 arch ntpd[642]: Listen normally on 5 enp4s0 192.168.1.107:123
May 25 22:55:43 arch ntpd[642]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver
May 25 22:55:50 arch dhcpcd[370]: enp4s0: no IPv6 Routers available
May 25 22:55:51 arch systemd[715]: Time has been changed
May 25 22:55:51 arch systemd[1]: Time has been changed
If you want to visualize how NTP is running, I recommend installing Monitorix
http://www.monitorix.org/imgs/ntp.png
Last edited by Name Taken (2014-05-26 06:13:17)