Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:35:28 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: ben@rosengart.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time Message-ID: <19980820173528.A24371@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02.9808201718001.12249-100000@echonyc.com>; from Snob Art Genre on Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:21:48PM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.4.02.9808201718001.12249-100000@echonyc.com>
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On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:21:48PM -0400, Snob Art Genre wrote: > I am a bit bewildered by the following section in /etc/rc.conf: > > timed_enable="NO" # Run the time daemon (or NO). > timed_flags="" # Flags to timed (if enabled). > ntpdate_enable="NO" # Run the ntpdate to sync time (or NO). > ntpdate_program="ntpdate" # path to ntpdate, if you want a different one. > ntpdate_flags="" # Flags to ntpdate (if enabled). > xntpd_enable="NO" # Run xntpd Network Time Protocol (or NO). > xntpd_program="xntpd" # path to xntpd, if you want a different one. > xntpd_flags="-p /var/run/xntpd.pid" # Flags to xntpd (if enabled). > tickadj_enable="NO" # Run tickadj (or NO). > tickadj_flags="-Aq" # Flags to tickadj (if enabled). > > If I wish to use NTP to synchronize my system clock, and serve NTP so > the other machine on my network can synch to that, which of these do I > enable? More generally, are these options mutually exclusive, or do > they work together? Also, does anyone know a good NTP source on the > east coast of the U.S.? Thanks in advance. I have the following set up; In /etc/rc.conf; ### Network Time Services options: ### timed_enabled="NO" # Run the time daemon (or NO). timed_flags="" # Flags to timed (if enabled). ntpdate_enable="NO" # Run the ntpdate to sync time (or NO). ntpdate_flags="" # Flags to ntpdate (if enabled). xntpd_enable="YES" # Run xntpd Network Time Protocol (or NO). xntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf" # Flags to xntpd (if enabled). tickadj_enable="YES" # Run tickadj (or NO). tickadj_flags="-Aq" # Flags to tickadj (if enabled). and /etc/ntp.conf driftfile /etc/ntp.drift server clepsydra.dec.com server ns.scruz.net server ntp-1.mcs.anl.gov server ntp-1.cso.uiuc.edu server ntp.ucsd.edu server smart1.svi.org peer ontario Notice that most of these NTP servers are on the West Coast where I live you should use your ISP's time server and maybe one or two close to you. See http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm for more info on public NTP time servers. The last line is my other FreeBSD machine. Both my machines point at each other as peers. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.7 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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