/var/lib/ntp/ is empty ...
I have settings for chrony ... vim /etc/chrony.conf with the line:
# Record the rate at which the system clock gains/losses time.
driftfile /var/lib/chrony/drift
[mythcat@desk ~]$ cat /var/lib/chrony/drift
-12.876545 3.064993
About the ntp, I enable ntpd and this is result without
[mythcat@desk ~]$ sudo dnf install ntp
Last metadata expiration check: 0:17:59 ago on Sun 16 Aug 2020 10:20:23 AM EEST.
Package ntp-4.2.8p15-1.fc32.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
[mythcat@desk ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 32 (Thirty Two)
[mythcat@desk ~]$ systemctl status ntpd
● ntpd.service - Network Time Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ntpd.service; enabled; vendor
[mythcat@desk ~]$ sudo ls /var/lib/ntp/drift
[sudo] password for mythcat:
ls: cannot access '/var/lib/ntp/drift': No such file or directory
[mythcat@desk ~]$ sudo ls /var/lib/ntp/
You can see is empty , I don't know why ...
I don't know this args whatprovides for dnf, thank's for share
[mythcat@desk ~]$ dnf whatprovides */drift
Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 11:45:25 ago on Fri 14 Aug 2020 10:52:10 PM EEST.
chrony-3.5-8.fc32.x86_64 : An NTP client/server
Repo : @System
Matched from:
Filename : /var/lib/chrony/drift
chrony-3.5-8.fc32.x86_64 : An NTP client/server
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Filename : /var/lib/chrony/drift
ntp-4.2.8p13-5.fc32.x86_64 : The NTP daemon and utilities
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Filename : /var/lib/ntp/drift
ntp-4.2.8p15-1.fc32.x86_64 : The NTP daemon and utilities
Repo : @System
Matched from:
Filename : /var/lib/ntp/drift
ntp-4.2.8p15-1.fc32.x86_64 : The NTP daemon and utilities
Repo : updates
Matched from:
Filename : /var/lib/ntp/drift
xscreensaver-extras-1:5.44-1.fc32.x86_64 : An enhanced set of screensavers
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/drift
xscreensaver-extras-1:5.44-2.fc32.x86_64 : An enhanced set of screensavers
Repo : updates
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/drift