From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 21:26:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBA0E16A403 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8841243D46 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:26:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9ULPrNt030787; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:25:53 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=softfail; spf=softfail X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk k9ULPrNt030787 Message-ID: <45466DDA.9040606@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:25:46 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061015) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "B. Cook" References: <454663BE.2000901@poklib.org> In-Reply-To: <454663BE.2000901@poklib.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4B2FC746EED43E687CCF19E2" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:26:13 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.5/2132/Mon Oct 30 19:42:34 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd why question.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:26:23 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4B2FC746EED43E687CCF19E2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable B. Cook wrote: > Looking for why there is an /etc/ntp/ dir by default... >=20 > The man page for ntpd says /etc/ntp.conf is the config file as does the= > handbook.. >=20 > Whats it there for? It's for crypto keys used to authenticate between ntp servers, including the sort symmetric keys commonly used in the ntp.keys file and the private halves of public/private key pairs, both of which need to be kept in more highly protected than usual locations -- hence /etc/ntp/ which should be mode 0700 and ownership root:wheel. See the ntp-keygen(8) man page for more information. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig4B2FC746EED43E687CCF19E2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFRm3g8Mjk52CukIwRCM4tAKCE0Wql4OB17OOZRy2o+OuDTIf0XwCfcJnR ZRGWR6Vzp6Co29PJd7c/DbI= =sL7l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4B2FC746EED43E687CCF19E2--