On Fri, 28 May 2004, Joshua Jensen wrote: > Can you provide an example? > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:56:13AM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 12:12:49AM -0400, Tom Diehl wrote: > > > As a compromise how about setting up ntp, etc. based on the timeserver info > > > in the dhcp server? Would this be workable? Granted it would not work for > > > machines installed in a non-dhcp environment but it would be a start. I have reviewed the man pages for dhcpd and dhcpd.conf when this thread started. While there is a mechnism fo rhanding out TZ offset, I m not aware, nor do they disclose any parameter for handing out, or for a dhcp client to receive and use, ntpserver information. Pushing in a configuration file for /etc/ntp.conf is easy enough, but it is probably a task for the post install firstboot, once the host is out of the build and burn-in room, and placed into the production subnet. Generating a 'well formed' one will likewise depend on the network segment a host eventually ends up in. I would be interested in tools to automate the generation of a well formed ntp.conf (and friends) based on information handed out from the DHCP server, but do not know of a mechanism for the dhcp server to do it. -- Russ Herrold
