From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 3 21:47:48 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B50521B3; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:47:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94F6E180B; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:47:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s13Llm46078502; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:47:48 GMT (envelope-from dru@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from dru@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s13Llmjq078501; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:47:48 GMT (envelope-from dru@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201402032147.s13Llmjq078501@svn.freebsd.org> From: Dru Lavigne Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 21:47:48 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:47:48 -0000 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. NTP ntp.conf - ntpdate - 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 ntpdate at boot time as well as - configure ntpd. This is because - ntpd changes the clock gradually, - whereas ntpdate sets the clock, no - matter how great the difference between a machine's current - clock setting and the correct time. - - To enable ntpdate at boot time, - add ntpdate_enable="YES" to - /etc/rc.conf. To also enable - ntpd, add the - ntpd_enable="YES" entry to + On &os;, the built-in ntpd can + be used to synchronize a system's clock. To enable ntpd at boot time, + add ntpd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. Additional variables can be specified in /etc/rc.conf. Refer to - &man.rc.conf.5;, &man.ntpdate.8;, and &man.ntpd.8; for + &man.rc.conf.5; and &man.ntpd.8; for details. - Both applications read /etc/ntp.conf - to determine which servers to query. Here is a simple example + This application reads /etc/ntp.conf + to determine which NTP servers to query. Here is a simple example of an /etc/ntp.conf: @@ -5309,7 +5296,7 @@ driftfile /var/db/ntp.driftprefer, 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 prefer argument should only be used for NTP servers that are known to be highly accurate, such as those with special time monitoring