Raphae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:37:48 +0200, Tapio Sokura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Raphae wrote:
> >> when running the command
> >>
> >> # ntptrace pool.ntp.org
> >>
> >>
> >> more than half of the servers in the pool seem to be dead. Isn't
> >
> >Are you sure that they are dead, or just not responding to NTP control
> >mode (mode 6) packets? Because mode 6 is what ntptrace uses, when the
> >actual NTP time queries are sent/received using modes 1-5. All pool
> >servers that I just tried did answer to normal time queries (mode 3)
> >just fine. Some server operators choose to restrict mode 6 queries, that
> >is completely acceptable by the pool rules.
> >
>
> Thank you for your response. I am setting up the NTP daemon from
> ntp.org and am a bit confused. In ntp.conf there is no mention of any
> modes.
>
> Currently I have been using rdate to set my system clock using
> tick.greyware.com.
>
> Now that I have installed NTP things have become more complex. It
> seems that to configure it to be a server one also has to configure it
> to be a client to some other NTP servers. I am not really sure what
> is the daemon and what is the client portion of this program. The
The client is the server... ntpd is a client in that it get time from
the upstream servers you have configured in ntp.conf. Its a client in
that it will serve time to anyone that has your computer in his
ntp.conf. Its possible to block the serving part by using appropriate
'restrict' statements in ntp.conf.
> config file for the daemon has a server parameter which makes it seem
> as though it is a client. As far as configuring it as a server - if
> for example I want it to be accessible to clients running "rdate"
rdate is another protocol than ntp. look at
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc868.html
> This is all so complex for a newbie. Unfortunately also the ntp
> package doesn't contain standard man pages but refers you to html
> documentation which seems to be more theoretical in nature but not
> very useful for the practice of setting up a server.
Well, 'server your.prefered.ntp.server.com' in ntp.conf. Then start
ntpd with a 'ntpd -g'. Thats not to hard?
Its slightly more complex when you want your strange and old
gps-receiver running as a reference clock for ntpd to get its time
from.
Assuming you are running something unix-like. Does not your OS have
ntp already?
good luck,
Björn
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