On Wednesday 26 May 2004 1:57 pm, Hamilton, Andrew wrote: > Normally, you would need to modify your ntp.conf file to point to the right > server or to make it a server or a peer(which is both a client and a > server). I think by default it uses the machines undisciplined local clock > which is really a last resort. I generally put a few(maybe 3 or 4) servers > in my ntp.conf and then let ntp figure out which one to use. It typically > will pick the one with the best response time. ntpd can be both a client > and a server and do both at the same time. It can also broadcast and > multicast for those machines on the same subnet, which is cool because you > get less traffic. Once you put a few servers in there then restart you can > do "/usr/sbin/ntpq -p" and get which one it prefers. > > Drew Thanks for this Drew, Do you have an example ntp.conf that I could have a look at. Also, could you explain about the authenticatin and the /etc/ntp/keys file. Do I need to know about this if all I want to do is have one box sync to a remote box and then have local boxes sync to that. TIA Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reuben D. Budiardja [mailto:techlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:41 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: network time settings - was Re: Decrypt Passwords > > On Wednesday 26 May 2004 08:06 am, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > From: "Gary Stainburn" <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > time', but I want to make sure that box's dates set right first. > > > > > > I also want to set up so my other unixen sync to this box too. > > > > The ntpd script, AFAIK, only synchs this box to another boxes time. I > > can't remember what the package is that lets you set this box up as a > > time server for other boxes... > > it seems to me that ntpd does both. But I maybe wrong. I have use one box > to > > sync with the outside ntpd server (was it ntp.redhat.com ? something like > that), and then use that to sync other boxen who cannot see outside world > to > > sync with the first box. As far as I recall, I only needed to switch ntpd > on > > RDB -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
