Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:11:37 -0200 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> To: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@spoon.beta.com> Cc: qa@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NTP on 5.x Message-ID: <3DE4E0A9.9030303@tcoip.com.br> In-Reply-To: <200211271653.gARGrRTY013408@spoon.beta.com> References: <200211271653.gARGrRTY013408@spoon.beta.com>
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Brian J. McGovern wrote:
> > I noticed, the worst way possible, that there are a couple of
> > differences between ntp activation between -stable and -current.
> >
> > First, xntpd is now called ntpd.
>
> Umm, its been this way for quite awhile. From a 4.7
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf...
>
> xntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd" # path to ntpd, if you want a different
> one.
>
> This has been true since at least 4.0, IIRC.
Let me clarify, then. xntpd_enable is now ntpd_enable. It has been
pointed out to me, though, that there is a glue for xntpd.
> > Second, ntpdate now reads /etc/ntp.conf. Not much of a problem, but on
> > -stable it's common practice to change ntpdate_flags to point to
> the server.
>
> >From the man page for ntpd, the FILES section:
>
> /etc/ntp.conf the default name of the configuration file
Yes, this is a good thing. But ntpdate, which is different from ntpd,
did *not* read this file before. Well, it doesn't now either. It's a
script thingy.
> > I just think this ought to be documented somewhere (and I, at least,
> > couldn't find it).
>
> What, in particular, should be documented? /etc/defaults/rc.conf? Your
> changes
> to /etc/rc.conf? /etc/rc.network, which both starts ntpd and _calls_ it
> ntpd in the echo command? The man page should be duplicated someplace
> else?
>
> This is probably one of the few areas that hasn't changed that much.
Tell that to my computer which got the wrong time on current because of
them.
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