Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 00:26:43 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, FBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ntpd as time server? Message-ID: <20020113222642.GA17877@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <003f01c19c59$dd03f110$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEGCCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <003f01c19c59$dd03f110$0301a8c0@bigdaddy>
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On 2002-01-13 09:43:51, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>
> I don't remember doing anything special with ntpd to set this up. I
> just used the standard xntpd that is bundled with the basic OS, put
> time server entries in ntp.conf, and ran the daemon.
Mostly correct.
On 2002-01-13 12:00:04, Chris Dillon wrote:
> That last sentence is incorrect. Incidentally, I haven't seen a
> single post in reply to your original question that actually answered
> your question. YES, the ntpd included with FreeBSD IS an ntp time
> server and can act as a time source for all 700 or so of your current
> ntp clients.
To the original poster:
Joe, thank you for taking the time to write summaries of the thread.
You do realise, I hope, that ntpd -- included in the base system of
your FreeBSD installation -- is in fact a time synchronization server.
If you read the manpage of ntpd(8), you will find parts like the
following:
Operating Modes
ntpd can operate in any of several modes, including symmetric active/pas-
sive, client/server broadcast/multicast and manycast, as described in the
"Association Management" page (available as part of the HTML documenta-
tion provided in /usr/share/doc/ntp).
As Chris Dillon wrote, if you fire up ntpd, it will gracefully act
both as a client, and after a short while, as a server. This is the
default behavior that is documented in ntpd(8) and /usr/share/doc/ntp.
If you want your ntpd to act as a client to some of it's peers and as
a server to none, you can write in your /etc/ntp.conf file:
restrict 0.0.0.0 noserve
For other options of ntpd and a description of the ntp.conf file, you
can always resort to ntp.conf(5).
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