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Subject: Re: Time Server Setup - xntpd
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 21:36:47 +0100 (SNT)
From: Peter Olsson <pol@leissner.se>
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Hello!

> myriad of config options for xntpd.  Would someone be kind enough to
> send me a part of their /etc/sysconfig to show startup switches and
> /etc/ntp.conf (if needed) along with any setup wisdom.  I think I need

xntpdflags="-c /etc/ntp.conf -f /etc/ntp.drift"

In /etc/ntp.conf only one line is needed (this could probably be moved
to a commandline switch but ntp.conf has become a habit):
server   xxx

/etc/ntp.drift is dynamically created by xntpd after some period of runtime.

Runtime messages (startup and calibration) end up in /var/log/messages.

Try the ntpq-program for status, I use ntpq with commands peer, associations
and readvar to see what's going on.

The xxx above is the interesting part, that's your time-feed. There is a
web-server somewhere which lists all public NTP-servers in the world, but
I don't recall the URL and I only have it at work. Search the web for NTP and
you'll probably find it, mail me otherwise and I will look it up.

Oh, also, don't forget setting your TZ to a correct value and preferrably as
early in the startup-sequence as possible. I have my TZ-setting at the top
of /etc/rc and it seems to work fine.

Peter Olsson    pol@leissner.se