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Date:      Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:48:28 -0400
From:      "Sang-Kil (Sam) Suh" <ssuh@agnicorp.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ntpd with flags in rc.conf
Message-ID:  <20061011174828.GA88360@ssuh.agnicorp.net>
In-Reply-To: <20061011192435.N4855@192.168.11.51>
References:  <20061011192435.N4855@192.168.11.51>

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On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 07:28:15PM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I read this in the handbook:
> 
> To ensure the NTP server is started at boot time, add the line 
> ntpd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. If you wish to pass additional flags to 
> ntpd(8), edit the ntpd_flags parameter in /etc/rc.conf.
> 
> Now, I understand that the additional flag may be for example pid 
> (-p /var/run/ntpd.pid).
> 
> So how do I put that flag in /etc/rc.conf where I have ntpd_enable="Yes"?
> 
> Many thanks for your advice!
> 
> --
> Zbigniew Szalbot
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>From man rc.conf:

     ntpd_flags  (str) If ntpd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the flags
                 to pass to the ntpd(8) daemon.

Mine is:
ntpd_flags=" -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid"

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