Hal Murray wrote: >>ntpdate uses a random port by default. However standard ntp servers only >>send and receive NTP packets on port 123. > > > Is that right? I thought ntpdate used 123 by default so it gets an error > message if ntpd is running rather than trashing the clock out from under > ntpd. > > The html doc says -u and -d use an unprivileged port, but I don't > see any place where it says which port it uses if you don't specify > -u or -d. >
It uses 123 unless one of the flags (-q -u or -d as I recall) make it change. John _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
