From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 5 12:32:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA23089 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:32:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA23084 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:31:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA06665; Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:32:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:32:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: George Yobst cc: questions@freebsd.com Subject: Re: Time Server Setup - xntpd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, George Yobst wrote: > I looked in the FAQ and Handbook, but... > I see that there's 2 time servers, timed and xntpd, with the latter > seeming to be more accurate and robust. It also looks like there's a > myriad of config options for xntpd. Would someone be kind enough to > send me a part of their /etc/sysconfig to show startup switches and > /etc/ntp.conf (if needed) along with any setup wisdom. I think I need > just a basic master server type of setup. TIA! - George Here is my /etc/ntp.conf: #ntp configuration file for gdi.uoregon.edu server phloem.uoregon.edu statsdir /var/log/ statistics loopstats Then edit the 'xntpdflags' directive in /etc/sysconfig to read: xntpdflags="-c /etc/ntp.conf" Reboot and you're off and rolling. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major