"Dennis Hilberg, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Unruh wrote: >> "Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Unruh wrote: >>>> Where is there ntp documentation? For example I wanted to have ntp write >>>> out the statistics on its peers etc. I looked everywhere-- man page of >>>> ntp, ntp.conf, etc, and finally discovered by looking at the source that >>>> there seem to be a huge bunch of undocumented options. >>>> Or are they documented somewhere in that filing cabinette down some broken >>>> steps in a flooded basement, behind a door labeled "Beware of Tigers" >>>> >>>> >> >>> You'll find the secret staircase at ntp.org. The humidity may be a >>> little high in the basement but it's not actually wet. ;-) >> >>> This snippet from my ntp.conf might help: >> >>> logfile /var/ntp/ntp.log >>> statsdir /var/ntp/ntpstats/ >>> statistics peerstats clockstats >>> filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable >>> filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable >> >> But where did you find those options? for example I finally did >> statistics peerstats >> and the system set up a daily and total couple of files in /var/log/ntp ( >> my statsdir) >> What does filegen do and mean? Do I need it? I should have some docs where >> I can easily find that. Does it exist?
>Those are explained on the "Monitoring Options" page, here: >http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/monopt.html Ah. Finally. Yes, that is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for and could not find. Thanks. Those configuration pages should all be in the ntp.conf man page, instead of only some of them. >You might try using the site map for the docs. It was recently added (I >think) and is a lot of help. >http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/sitemap.html >-- >Dennis Hilberg, Jr. timekeeper(at)dennishilberg(dot)com >NTP Server Information: http://saturn.dennishilberg.com/ntp.php _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
