From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 15 11:49:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA03742 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:49:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts17-line15.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA03679 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:48:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA00570; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:48:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:48:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: User Friendly Computers cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XNTPD In-Reply-To: <199712130648.RAA02037@mail.chariot.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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