Randy McMurchy wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 10/28/05 14:00 CST: > >>Archaic wrote: >> >>>What is the viability of adding an example config for NTP as a server? >>>It would probably be split into 2 pages ala the svn page. >> >>I'm not sure what you mean. If you follow the instructions there now, >>it does get installed as a server. You might want to add some restrict >>statements and I have to allow port udp/123 through my firewall, but >>otherwise there is no difference from what we have now. > > > I believe the point being that NTP can (and is, using the book's > instructions) be installed as a server, yet it is located in the > "Basic Networking Programs" section. > > But then, this would be no different than the inetutils instructions. > > Point being, most of the programs that can be used as a server and/or > as a client are broken out into two different sections of the book.
OK, I think I see what is meant. I'm not sure what you mean with your reference to inetutils, but BIND Utils and BIND are two sets of install instructions for the same package. The difference I see here is that a user would always install all the executables. That's the way ntp works. The only difference is the configuration and that is quite minimal. I suppose someone would only want to run ntpdate, but that is depricated. This is what I use for one of my my servers: server tock.cerias.purdue.edu server time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov server time.nist.gov peer ticker peer chrono restrict default nomodify nopeer noquery restrict 172.24.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 restrict 127.0.0.1 driftfile /var/cache/ntp.drift pidfile /var/run/ntp.pid And this is what I use for my client: restrict default ignore restrict chrono.cis.sac.accd.edu nomodify nopeer noquery restrict sundial.cis.sac.accd.edu nomodify nopeer noquery restrict ticker.cis.sac.accd.edu nomodify nopeer noquery restrict 127.0.0.1 server chrono.cis.sac.accd.edu server sundial.cis.sac.accd.edu server ticker.cis.sac.accd.edu driftfile /var/cache/ntp.drift pidfile /var/run/ntp.pid I really don't think there is enough difference here to justify a separate page. We could add a paragraph or two to explain the restrict and peer commands if you are putting up a public time server, but those are in the documentation and we don't generally rehash available docs. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
