[EMAIL PROTECTED] (unix2266) writes:

>Folks;
> I'm setting up a new NTP server to sync time for our network. I have one 
> Linux server that needs to point to that NTP server
> My 3 questions are:
> 
> 1. I added the IP address for the NTP server to the "/etc/hosts" file on the 
> Linux server. Is that all i need to do to make the Linux server point to the 
> NTP server?

Yup. If your ntp server was in some dns server, you did not even have to do
that. 

> 
> 2. After pointing the Linux server to the NTP server, do i need to reboot the 
> Linux server or restart any daemon on the Linux server? in other words, what 
> do i need to do to make sure the changes i made in the "/etc/hosts" took 
> affect?
> 

Nope. YOu do not need to do anything. the hosts file is reread every time
the system needs to do an address lookup.

> 3. Is there a way to test the NTP server to make sure it interact with the 
> Linux server & will work fine if i have a timing issue on the Linux server? I 
> want to test it so if something happens for real i don't look like a dummy
> 

ntpq -p
will show if your ntp is getting to the server. 

> Thanks Folks in advance


>Thanks;
>Moe

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