Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:56:13 +0300
From:      Valentin Bud <valentin.bud@gmail.com>
To:        "Sean C. Farley" <scf@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Ollivier Robert <roberto@freebsd.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf
Message-ID:  <139b44430906050656pe72d107mfa23561f8f706461@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906050846160.6209@thor.farley.org>
References:  <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906050846160.6209@thor.farley.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Sean C. Farley <scf@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Edwin Groothuis wrote:
>
>  After pondering at conf/58595, I came with this text.
>>
>> The ntpd is not enabled by default, so the fact that the servers
>> are commented out should not be an issue.
>>
>> Any objections against adding it to the tree?
>>
>
> I like it.
>
> I would also add restrict lines to it since ntp defaults to being open to
> all packets.
>
> These would ignore everything except the pools (restricted) and localhost
> (open):
> restrict default ignore
> restrict pool.ntp.org nomodify nopeer noquery notrap
> restrict pool.ntp.org nomodify nopeer noquery notrap
> restrict 127.0.0.1
> restrict -6 ::1
>
>
>  Index: etc/ntp.conf
>> ===================================================================
>> --- etc/ntp.conf        (revision 0)
>> +++ etc/ntp.conf        (revision 0)
>> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
>> +#
>> +# $FreeBSD$
>> +#
>> +# Default NTP servers for the FreeBSD operating system.
>> +#
>> +# Don't forget to enable ntpd in /etc/rc.conf with:
>> +# ntpd_enable="YES"
>> +#
>> +
>> +driftfile /var/db/ntpd.drift
>> +
>> +#
>> +# Uncomment the following three lines to sync against three "local"
>> +# public NTP servers.
>> +#
>> +# server pool.ntp.org
>> +# server pool.ntp.org
>> +# server pool.ntp.org
>> +
>> +#
>> +# If you want to pick yourself which country's public NTP server
>> +# you want sync against, comment out the above servers, uncomment
>> +# the next ones and replace CC with the country's abbrevation.
>> +#
>> +# server CC.pool.ntp.org
>> +# server CC.pool.ntp.org
>> +# server CC.pool.ntp.org
>> +#
>> Index: etc/Makefile
>> ===================================================================
>> --- etc/Makefile        (revision 193485)
>> +++ etc/Makefile        (working copy)
>> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
>>        hosts hosts.allow hosts.equiv \
>>        inetd.conf libalias.conf login.access login.conf mac.conf motd \
>>        netconfig network.subr networks newsyslog.conf nsswitch.conf \
>> -       phones profile protocols \
>> +       ntpd.conf phones profile protocols \
>>
>
> ntpd.conf or ntp.conf?


I guess it's a typo and should be ntp.conf.


>
>
> Sean
> --
> scf@FreeBSD.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
>

 That's a very good idea. It provides a starting point for new users of
ntpd.

my 7c,
v
-- 
network warrior since 2005



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?139b44430906050656pe72d107mfa23561f8f706461>