> > 2. The Redhat installation program never prompts for the address of an
> > actual ntp server, nor does it do any searching on its own. Rather it
> > specifies 127.127.0.1 for the ntp server in the default /etc/ntp.conf
> > file. I can't imagine what this accomplishes, as that merely points
> > to localhost.
>
> This is a "fudge" server configuration. Basically if no other servers
> are available, ntpd will bind to itself. This lets anyone binding to
> it stay bound. Otherwise this server goes stratum 16, and all clients
> do the same. It's pretty standard actually.
IP addresses in the 127.x.x.x range configure local clocks on NTP. It lets
you specify what kind of time source you have. You can make NTP follow the
system clock, or you can make it use any of a number of radio clocks.
For example, my radio clock is configured like this:
server 127.127.3.1 prefer
--Dean
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