From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 00:10:50 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE19016A421 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:10:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A123413C45B for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:10:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 40994 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2007 00:10:49 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:In-Reply-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=UZ3ocTTAQxNKAJa1bFlBwulFAw7VRew6/DjIgcZ1cY+HFZ2wg5uBiG7tIKiNrPp5xkgO3DBoXeNOCk1Rj6fytoTa/HxDeeGLoVxRqkSlitt7rliE+QLhD96ePZMG7V7jNsnYDIjWMDPEoKo/H/8BA0q1Kv65lmuXwsr46HhdDiU= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Dec 2007 00:10:49 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 0.n9ekoVM1mQpGYxZM_Uh4ZTYInFUZbDDDk079p8LKmaX7L3nxi.npfWxEu1lCknupFy4VdWwm2wupUYu5Ox_urarqobwpYYXrGgfsC5pmEwTlHisck- In-Reply-To: <20071213055721.GW7374@ayvali.org> References: <83a69c3afc2408681310e88ad2f9dd80@prodigy.net> <20071213055721.GW7374@ayvali.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <47f805e90dec56b7d5cff3a0f472f5f6@prodigy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:12:15 -0800 To: "N.J. Thomas" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: ntpd configuration file changes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:10:51 -0000 On Dec 12, 2007, at 9:57 PM, N.J. Thomas wrote: > * jekillen [2007-12-12 20:42:47-0800]: >> Q: When making changes to ntp.conf it is necessary to restart the >> server? > > According to the ntpd docs, yes. The ntpd configuration docs say this: > > Ordinarily, ntpd reads the ntp.conf configuration file at startup > time in order to determine the synchronization sources and > operating > modes. > >> Q: How is that done? > > On FreeBSD, it is typically done via "/etc/rc.d/ntpd restart". > >> (I suspect ntpd reload or restart per rc script.. along the lines of >> apachectl restart or postfix reload??? Kill -HUP pid ??? ) I am >> looking at FreeBSD handbook and ntp documentation and have not found >> the answers. > > See the "Using rc under FreeBSD" section of the Handbook: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ > configtuning-rcd.html > > It is based on Luke Mewburn's excellent NetBSD rc.d system. See the > document, "The Design and Implementation of the NetBSD rc.d system" > (PDF) here, it is an excellent read: > > http://www.mewburn.net/luke/bibliography.html > > Thomas Thank you for your reply: I missed it in the ntp docs I have. But maybe I was reading to fast and impatiently. I asked these questions because I switched the configuration file that has all the tier 2 server listed to another machine and let the remaining machines get time from it. So, now I can get on with it. Jeff K