Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:09:40 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: "Michael A. Smith" <msmith@code-fu.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: running my own local time server Message-ID: <20020819120940.GW389@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <3D60DA59.1020302@code-fu.com> References: <3D60DA59.1020302@code-fu.com>
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> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 07:45:29 -0400
> From: "Michael A. Smith" <msmith@code-fu.com>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: running my own local time server
>
> There was a good thread a few days ago about using ntpd/ntpdate to sync
> a machine to a public timeserver. I've got a number of machines and
> don't want to flood public timeservers with requests (even Stratum 2
> servers). I'd rather sync just ONE machine and sync all my other
> machines to it.
>
> Checking /etc/defaults/rc.conf and "man timed", I've found out a little
> about timed. My question is this: Are timed and ntpd compatible? Can I
> use ntpd (which I know how to use and like) to sync to a machine running
> timed? If not, can I run a NTP server? (maybe there's a port I don't
> know about)
>
> A quick look through the man pages makes me think that this will not
> work, that timed and ntpd are different beasts.
set one machine to sync from outside stratum 2 servers, and the rest
of your network to sync from that machine. you'll be running ntpd
everywhere.
see /usr/share/doc/ntp/ and http://www.ntp.org/
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