From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Fpwge-00052B-23 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:23:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5D0JT4K002395; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:19:29 GMT Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5D08l2p025378 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:08:47 GMT Received: from frontend3.internal (frontend3.internal [10.202.2.152]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5BA9D6AFB0 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:08:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by frontend3.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:08:49 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: dzUPp6x429DIYsN+C5EZ6MMROn6X4C9f5e8BMGoCQXql 1150157320 Received: from localhost (67-54-254-35.cust.wildblue.net [67.54.254.35]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEF726694 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:08:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:08:29 -0400 From: "John J. Foster" To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] Peer review of ntp.conf file Message-ID: <20060613000829.GA11856@garbanzo> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW" Content-Disposition: inline Organization: Representing the Mambo User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: e593d158-c8e6-486a-89f9-299cc001c1c4 X-Archives-Hash: a09f0e9937235362b89326d3b2a48d7f --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good evening, After having some recent issues with ntpd (which I'm not certain are resolved), I decided to take a close look at my /etc/ntp.conf file. Below are the _only_ lines in /etc/ntp.conf that are not commented out. restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift logfile /var/log/ntp.log server 0.us.pool.ntp.org server 1.us.pool.ntp.org server 2.us.pool.ntp.org Researching this subject leads me to believe this is one of the more=20 difficult subjects to get a good grasp of what is actually taking place behind the scenes. There appears to be a _lot_ of variables involved that _could_ have a major impact on operations. This workstation in the only linux box on this network, and I would like to be able to serve time to 5 XP boxes if possible. What I'm asking for=20 here is 2 things: 1:) Additions and/or changes to ntp.conf, along with the rationale for them. 2:) A good laymans explanation (or link to) proper ntp configuration and usage. Thanks, festus --=20 It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEjgH94FEnevDNLQ4RAm3mAJ0ZkkwQQnls3cOBQSdceZvKVASMwwCfafqg iSErDqwpVh+jMgQRSGf+Pfg= =Yqfw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ew6BAiZeqk4r7MaW-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list