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Date:      Tue, 08 Apr 2003 13:19:59 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Paul Schenkeveld <paul@psconsult.nl>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Subject:   Re: Add timecounter option to rc.conf
Message-ID:  <xzpfzotb5i8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20030408091439.A36404@psconsult.nl> (Paul Schenkeveld's message of "Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:14:39 %2B0200")
References:  <30340.1049663478@critter.freebsd.dk> <xzpllyns3cx.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030408091439.A36404@psconsult.nl>

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Paul Schenkeveld <paul@psconsult.nl> writes:
> On would expect that changing ntp_servers in rc.conf would be
> sufficient to change your ntp servers bus if you leave an existing
> ntp.conf intact only the first values ever put in ntp_servers will
> be honoured.  This might be very confusing for those not familiar
> with ntp.conf (and ntp_servers in rc.conf does not invite new admins
> to learn about ntp.conf).

Yes, ntp.conf should be regenerated at boot if ntp_servers is set, and
left alone if it's empty.

> Another thing, *if* we want to automatically set up ntp.conf, what
> about the NTP servers we were informed of by DHCP?

I don't think dhclient honors these, does it?  Maybe it should.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org



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