[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to edit my ntp.conf file to make it easier to administer. > > Currently my ntp.conf contains: > > server exchange1.example.com > server ftp2.example.com > server exchange2.example.com > > It seems sensible to change this to: > > server time.example.com > > or to: > > server time.example.com > server time.example.com > server time.example.com > > Where time.example.com is a CNAME to one of the servers mentioned at > the top. >
You could do this but don't use multiple copies of the same line. With the latest development version you can use the pool option: pool time.example.com and it will use up to the first 10 ip addresses returned by the resolver. > Is this is a good plan? Will ntpd get confused if time.example.com > points to different things, or does ntpd track drift (etc) by ip > address? > ntpd doesn't know about different things. All it keeps track of is the IP address returned by the resolver. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
