"Stratum" is your key word for the configuration file.
It needs a value. Set it to say 3 or 4.
{^_^}
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian T. Brunner" <brian.t.brunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> jdow, your advice is precisely what I have attempted to do.
>
> Success eludes, clues elude.
>
> BTW if I have any system flagged 'stratum' in /etc/ntp.conf
> I find in /var/log/messages that 'stratum' is an unrecognized keyword,
> the line is ignored.
>
> So I set my /etc/ntp.conf as follows:
> restrict 192.168.1.0
> server sys1
> peer sys2
> peer sys3
>
> Then I restarted ntpd on all systems (service ntpd restart)
> Then I changed one system's time, and synching never happened.
>
> Brian Brunner
> brian.t.brunner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> (610)796-5838
>
> >>> jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/28/03 04:38PM >>>
> Pick a machine. Configure that machine as your reference. Give it an
> artificially high stratum number even when not externally synchronized.
> I suspect that would work for you. (Of course, for about $350 you can
> find HP GPS based time references you can use on that reference computer
> to keep it exactly on time.)
>
> {^_^}
>
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