Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:57:21 -0500 From: "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> To: jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd configuration file changes Message-ID: <20071213055721.GW7374@ayvali.org> In-Reply-To: <83a69c3afc2408681310e88ad2f9dd80@prodigy.net> References: <83a69c3afc2408681310e88ad2f9dd80@prodigy.net>
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* jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> [2007-12-12 20:42:47-0800]:
> Q: When making changes to ntp.conf it is necessary to restart the
> server?
According to the ntpd docs, yes. The ntpd configuration docs say this:
Ordinarily, ntpd reads the ntp.conf configuration file at startup
time in order to determine the synchronization sources and operating
modes.
> Q: How is that done?
On FreeBSD, it is typically done via "/etc/rc.d/ntpd restart".
> (I suspect ntpd reload or restart per rc script.. along the lines of
> apachectl restart or postfix reload??? Kill -HUP pid ??? ) I am
> looking at FreeBSD handbook and ntp documentation and have not found
> the answers.
See the "Using rc under FreeBSD" section of the Handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-rcd.html
It is based on Luke Mewburn's excellent NetBSD rc.d system. See the
document, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD rc.d system"
(PDF) here, it is an excellent read:
http://www.mewburn.net/luke/bibliography.html
Thomas
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