network time settings - was Re: Decrypt Passwords

[Hamilton, Andrew]

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Reuben D. Budiardja [mailto:techlist at voyager.phys.utk.edu]
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 at ringways.co.uk>
>
> > 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

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