From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 2 08:46:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C907B106566C; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:46:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: from keltia.freenix.fr (keltia.freenix.org [IPv6:2001:660:330f:f820:213:72ff:fe15:f44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57A6B8FC13; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:46:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTP id 4452539E0A; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:46:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at keltia.freenix.fr Received: from keltia.freenix.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (keltia.freenix.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RP6cpZYQC7f0; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:46:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr (aran.keltia.net [88.191.250.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: roberto) by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTPSA id 38E1639880; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:46:13 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:46:08 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: David Malone Message-ID: <20090702084608.GA59311@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> References: <20090605124428.GA85576@mavetju.org> <20090702082800.GA72556@walton.maths.tcd.ie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090702082800.GA72556@walton.maths.tcd.ie> X-Operating-System: MacOS X / Macbook Pro - FreeBSD 7.2 / Dell D820 SMP User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis Subject: Re: NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:46:17 -0000 According to David Malone: > We are supposed to contact the people running the pool and ask for > a freebsd.pool.ntp.org subdomain. That's a good idea. > Second, we shouldn't have the local clock configured by default. Why? > 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 do not see the point in removing it, it helps to keep the ntpd daemon running if for some reason it loses the "real" ntp servers. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/