Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:28:00 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, roberto@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf Message-ID: <20090702082800.GA72556@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org> References: <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org>
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There are several problems with the default ntp.conf that we've committed to -current. First, we have not followed the vendor recommendations for the pool servers at: http://www.pool.ntp.org/vendors.html We are supposed to contact the people running the pool and ask for a freebsd.pool.ntp.org subdomain. Second, we shouldn't have the local clock configured by default. The local clock should only be configured on a single server in a NTP domain that might be disconnected from the rest of the tree. Since the default config is a client config, it doesn't make sense to have the local clock configured. Even if it was a server config, it still wouldn't make sense, because it is only useful if a single server has it configured. I'd like to suggest that we get a vendor subdomain from the pool guys and use that, and that we comment out the local clock. We should get this fixed before 8.0 is releasted, so that we don't end up shipping lots misconfigured FreeBSD boxes and upset the ntp guys! David.
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