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Date:      Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:46:08 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf
Message-ID:  <20090702084608.GA59311@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20090702082800.GA72556@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
References:  <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org> <20090702082800.GA72556@walton.maths.tcd.ie>

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According to David Malone:
> We are supposed to contact the people running the pool and ask for
> a freebsd.pool.ntp.org subdomain.

That's a good idea.
 
> Second, we shouldn't have the local clock configured by default.

Why?

> The local clock should only be configured on a single server in a
> NTP domain that might be disconnected from the rest of the tree.
> Since the default config is a client config, it doesn't make sense
> to have the local clock configured. Even if it was a server config,
> it still wouldn't make sense, because it is only useful if a single
> server has it configured.

I do not see the point in removing it, it helps to keep the ntpd daemon
running if for some reason it loses the "real" ntp servers.

-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/




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