Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:48:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: User Friendly Computers <gremlin@chariot.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XNTPD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215114639.292p-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199712130648.RAA02037@mail.chariot.net.au>
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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, User Friendly Computers wrote: > Hi, > > could someone please mail me back complete instructions at how to install > xntpd - i have the file xntpd (the binary) but no config file nor knowing > if i have to setup any extra options or servers etc for it.. 1. Create /etc/ntp.conf: server ntp.adelaide.edu.au driftfile /etc/ntp.drift 2. Enable xntpd in /etc/rc.conf. 3. Set the xntpd flags to `-c /etc/ntp.conf'. 4. On the next reboot you'll be syncing clocks automatically. > it will need to sync from ntp.adelaide.edu.au on NTP & also be able to act > as a host server on my FreBSD-2.2.2 box You'll have to set up server mode, see xntpd(8). It's a matter of running one command that could go in the config file. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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