Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 07:27:30 -0500 From: Gerald A.Speak <gaspeak@va.prestige.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd / time server confusion Message-ID: <20011118122732.46A7E37B416@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20011118102741.K639-100000@big> References: <20011118102741.K639-100000@big>
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On Sunday 18 November 2001 05:50 am, you wrote: > Hi! > > Last night I thought it would be a nice idea to fetch the > exact time from some internet time server. > As far as I can see, I have ntpdate enabled in rc.conf and > I have produced some kind of /etc/ntp.conf but doing > # ntpdate I keep receiving messages like this: > > 18 Nov 10:39:42 ntpdate[56133]: no servers can be used, > exiting > > In Google I found some confusing pages about time servers > being down because of security risks. > > So my question is: > Does this work at all and if yes > which lines should be put into my rc.conf and my ntp.conf? > It works quite well for me. You may wish to locate a time server closer to your location. Contents of /etc/ntp.conf: server time.nist.gov driftfile /etc/ntp.drift additions to rc.conf: xntpd_enable="YES" > Thanx for your answers. > > Uli. > > > ************************************ > * P. U. Kruppa - Wuppertal * > * Germany * > * www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de * > ************************************ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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