From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 20 17:36:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA27898 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:36:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from superior.mooseriver.com (superior.mooseriver.com [208.138.27.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27867 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:36:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by superior.mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA24395; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:35:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch) Message-ID: <19980820173528.A24371@mooseriver.com> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:35:28 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: ben@rosengart.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time Reply-To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Snob Art Genre on Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:21:48PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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