Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 00:34:34 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding xntpd to startup Message-ID: <199911062334.AAA21045@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Marc Wandschneider wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
> I'd like to run xntpd. I've set up an /etc/ntp.conf file, and
> now the only problem is that I'm not sure how to add something to
> "system startup".
Add this line to /etc/rc.conf:
xntpd_enable="YES"
> as a second question, my machine will a. sync time from another
> server on the net, and b. hopefully serve NTP requests on my LAN. All i
> need then is the following in my ntp.conf:
Use "server" lines to specify box to use as servers (i.e. to
get time information FROM those machines). Use "restrict"
lines for everything else (i.e. for machines that will get
time information from you) _and_ for the servers. Here is
an example ntp.conf that should get you going:
driftfile /var/run/ntp.drift
server my.favourite.server prefer
server the.second.server
server yet.another.server
restrict default ignore
restrict 10.20.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 nomodify notrust
restrict 192.168.42.42
restrict 172.16.47.11
restrict 10.123.8.15
restrict 127.0.0.1
Note that the order of "restrict" lines is important (the first
match for a host is used). "restrict default ignore" should
always be the first line, as a catch-all for the rest of the
world.
Any hosts an networks that you serve should be specified with
the "nomodify notrust" options. This means that time service
will be provided to those hosts and networks, but your machine
will not accept any (possibly bogus) time information from
them.
All restrict lines without any options specify server from
which you accept time information. This should be used for
trusted time servers only, of course. Also note that localhost
(127.0.0.1) must always be specified this way.
xntpd doesn't like host names in "restrict" lines, so you have
to use IP numbers. (At least this was the case some time ago,
maybe this was changed in newer versions of xntpd.)
Regards
Oliver
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