On 05/03/2010 03:05 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote:
> I've got ntpd running, and I guess it's querying the time servers out
> and syncing the time.
>
> Question: How can I verify this?
I presume you're using the standard ntpd program, (often called xntpd)
and not OpenBSD's OpenNTP. I typically use the ntpdc utility. The
command you would use is "peers". For example:
ntpdc> peers
remote local st poll reach delay offset disp
=======================================================================
=tick.phyber.com 192.168.105.100 1 128 377 0.01944 0.000433 0.10852
=ntp.pbx.org 192.168.105.100 2 128 377 0.08675 0.017318 0.08217
=coil.fireduck.c 192.168.105.100 2 128 377 0.07645 0.015221 0.09303
*tock.byu.edu 192.168.105.100 1 64 377 0.00163 0.000169 0.05141
=tick.byu.edu 192.168.105.100 1 64 377 0.00069 0.000375 0.06639
As you can see, my computer is currently in sync with with tock.byu.edu,
a stratum 1 server. Stratum one means tock.byu.edu is a primary time
source, most likely a GPS radio receiver.
This also means my computer is now a stratum 2 source and other
computers could sync against it if they wished (firewall-permitting of
course).
> Second Question: what is ntp-client used for. I can't seem to find a
> good answer on the internet. Do I even need this?
What distro? Maybe it's just the ntpdate command, for use with a cron,
rather than a daemon process that continually syncs the clock and lets
other computers sync against your computer.
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