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From: Gerald A.Speak <gaspeak@va.prestige.net>
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Subject: Re: ntpd / time server confusion
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 07:27:30 -0500
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On Sunday 18 November 2001 05:50 am, you wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Last night I thought it would be a nice idea to fetch the
> exact time from some internet time server.
> As far as I can see, I have ntpdate enabled in rc.conf and
> I have produced some kind of /etc/ntp.conf but doing
> # ntpdate I keep receiving messages like this:
>
> 18 Nov 10:39:42 ntpdate[56133]: no servers can be used,
> exiting
>
> In Google I found some confusing pages about time servers
> being down because of security risks.
>
> So my question is:
> Does this work at all and if yes
>   which lines should be put into my rc.conf and my ntp.conf?
>

It works quite well for me. You may wish to locate a time server closer to 
your location.

Contents of /etc/ntp.conf:
	server time.nist.gov
	driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
additions to rc.conf:
xntpd_enable="YES"


> Thanx for your answers.
>
> Uli.
>
>
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