Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 14:10:39 +0300 (EET DST) From: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> To: Peter Olsson <pol@leissner.se> Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org, archie@whistle.com Subject: Re: xntpd server Message-ID: <199605051110.OAA00910@silver.sms.fi> In-Reply-To: <9605051212.aa14960@lda.leissner.se> References: <199605042151.OAA01575@freefall.freebsd.org> <9605051212.aa14960@lda.leissner.se>
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Peter Olsson writes: > > Seems that ntpdate (and probably also xntpd) requires a server with stratum > less than 16 to synchronize time with that server. The problem is that > all our freebsd-servers have stratum=16. > > So, how do I either lower a servers local stratum or make the programs > accept servers with stratum=16? Seems to me that this requirement is there > for a reason, that's why I'd rather not hack the code if I can avoid it. > The easiest way is to synchronize to your providers NTP server the other option is to get a clock to synchronize to. The third and bad option is to make the NTP server to think it's synchronized when it's not. Pete
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