Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:47:48 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43740 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers Message-ID: <201402032147.s13Llmjq078501@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: dru Date: Mon Feb 3 21:47:48 2014 New Revision: 43740 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43740 Log: Remove ntpdate. Re-clarify servers' response section. Submitted by: bjk, imp Sponsored by: iXsystems Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Mon Feb 3 20:34:30 2014 (r43739) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Mon Feb 3 21:47:48 2014 (r43740) @@ -5266,31 +5266,18 @@ Starting smbd.</screen> <indexterm><primary>NTP</primary> <secondary>ntp.conf</secondary> - <tertiary>ntpdate</tertiary> </indexterm> - <para>To only synchronize the clock when a system boots, use - &man.ntpdate.8;. This alone can be appropriate for desktops - which are frequently rebooted. However, most systems should - run <application>ntpdate</application> at boot time as well as - configure <application>ntpd</application>. This is because - <application>ntpd</application> changes the clock gradually, - whereas <application>ntpdate</application> sets the clock, no - matter how great the difference between a machine's current - clock setting and the correct time.</para> - - <para>To enable <application>ntpdate</application> at boot time, - add <literal>ntpdate_enable="YES"</literal> to - <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>. To also enable - <application>ntpd</application>, add the - <literal>ntpd_enable="YES"</literal> entry to + <para>On &os;, the built-in <application>ntpd</application> can + be used to synchronize a system's clock. To enable <application>ntpd</application> at boot time, + add <literal>ntpd_enable="YES"</literal> to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>. Additional variables can be specified in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>. Refer to - &man.rc.conf.5;, &man.ntpdate.8;, and &man.ntpd.8; for + &man.rc.conf.5; and &man.ntpd.8; for details.</para> - <para>Both applications read <filename>/etc/ntp.conf</filename> - to determine which servers to query. Here is a simple example + <para>This application reads <filename>/etc/ntp.conf</filename> + to determine which <acronym>NTP</acronym> servers to query. Here is a simple example of an <filename>/etc/ntp.conf</filename>:</para> <example> @@ -5309,7 +5296,7 @@ driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift</programlist entry includes <literal>prefer</literal>, that server is preferred over other servers. A response from a preferred server will be discarded if it differs significantly from - responses; otherwise it will be used. The + other servers' responses; otherwise it will be used. The <literal>prefer</literal> argument should only be used for <acronym>NTP</acronym> servers that are known to be highly accurate, such as those with special time monitoring
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