Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 09:08:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'ntpdate' time server Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970505090555.8080A-100000@cold.org> In-Reply-To: <19970505002129.62030@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Dan Nelson wrote: > On Sun, 4 May 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > > I don't want the standard xntpd server, I want a server that you can > > point 'ntpdate' too along the lines of 'ntpdate foof.com' and it > > updates your clock. The reason I want this server is I have a > > firewalled network, and I want servers on the firewall'ed side to > > somehow get their time sanity from a machine which can sync with > > others in the world. I figured I could have a server outside the > > firewall keep in sync with other boxes on the net, and in turn it > > could be a server for the firewalled side of the network. The > > connectivity isn't a concern--I can handle that. My only problem is > > I have no idea how to setup a server that 'ntpdate' will recognize as > > such. I don't want to setup a continuous xntpd syncing mechanism, I > > just want to have the firewalled boxes run ntpdate once a night. > > Help? I've dickered with xntpd trying to get it to do what I want to > > no avail... > > You _want_ an xntpd server :) Ntpdate is a 'single-fire' xntpd, which > means it polls an xntpd server for the time. You'll have to set up an > xntpd on your firewall machine (or another box that can see both sides > of the wall) and have your inside clients poll it. Do you have a > reason for not wanting to put xntpd on your machines? Well, I tried that, and it didn't work (even from two boxes on the same network), so I'm assuming I didn't configure xntpd right. Basically, I had it configured and running on Box A, on the same network as Box B (both FreeBSD), but running ntpdate on Box B and pointing it to Box A just errors out with 'no server suitable for synchronization found' even though xntpd is running on that box (if you try and run ntpdate on the box while xntpd is running it whines about an ntp server already running). So basically, I guess my question is.. what do I have to do to get xntpd to run 'right' for my situation? -Brandon Gillespie
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