At 1:01 AM -0400 2005-09-30, Cam wrote:
So, finally, the question is: Does anybody have a link to a web page
that gives some simple examples (eg "to sync from machine 1.2.3.4 do
this", "to setup a local undiciplined server do that")? If so it
would be greatly appreciated.
The official documentation is maintained by Dr. Mills at
<http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/index.html>. Dr. Mills
invented NTP, something like twenty years ago. And yes, his
documentation tends to be exhaustive and generally aimed at other
people like himself.
There is the NTP FAQ, at
<http://www.ntp.org/ntpfaq/NTP-a-faq.htm>. Then there is the
community supported documentation at <http://ntp.isc.org/Support/>.
However, neither the FAQ nor the community supported
documentation will suffice as an "NTP for Dummies". Both may have
started out much simpler than they are today, but have accumulated
more and more content to address various questions that have been
asked on this mailing list/newsgroup, but that was a long time ago.
The community supported documentation does include some links to
"quick start guides and hints" at
<http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/QuickStartIndex>, which might be
your best bet.
ps I've already R'd the F'ing M or at least made a serious attempt at it.
I don't want to know every arcane detail of NTP in the known universe; I
want to set up a *really* simple system.
The problem with most "Whatever for Dummies" types of guides is
that they have to make a lot of assumptions that are not necessarily
valid. By the time they list their assumptions about your
environment, you might as well have gone with the more complete
documentation.
Given the various other things that are involved (Internet access
method, firewall settings, your service provider, etc...) this is a
particularly difficult case for NTP.
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