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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