Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 16:41:12 +0100 From: Steve Burton <steve@sliderule.demon.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Interpreting NTP status Message-ID: <18f14980-4918-5715-4a07-b2a7d9d61602@sliderule.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <BN6PR2001MB173053AB0FB5FA9322784E7680A80@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> References: <BN6PR2001MB173053AB0FB5FA9322784E7680A80@BN6PR2001MB1730.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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On 09/07/2017 15:39, Carmel NY wrote: > A while back, I was receiving an error message about an outdated “leap > second” file. I Googled around and found an article that said to put > the following in the “rc.conf” file to correct the problem: > > # NTPD > ntpd_enable="YES" > ntpd_sync_on_start="YES" > ntp_leapfile_fetch_verbose="YES" > ntp_leapfile_sources=ftp://tycho.usno.navy.mil/pub/ntp/leap-seconds.list > > Then, I found another article that said to put this in the > “/etc/periodic.conf” file get information on the NTPD program: > > # 480.leapfile-ntpd > daily_ntpd_leapfile_enable="YES" # Fetch NTP leapfile > daily_ntpd_avoid_congestion="YES" # Avoid congesting leapfile sources > > # 480.status-ntpd > daily_status_ntpd_enable="YES" # Check NTP status > > Now, in the “daily run output” email, I find this: > > NTP status: > remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter > ============================================================================== > +198.55.111.50 133.157.29.35 3 u 760 1024 377 87.913 5.793 18.418 > *192.155.90.13 142.66.101.13 2 u 264 1024 377 45.449 -2.235 2.925 > 2607:fa18::2407 .STEP. 16 u - 1024 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 > > I am hoping someone can tell me exactly what this means. I cannot find > any documentation on how to interpret this. > Check man ntpq(8) Steve.
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