Your best bet is to create a new NTP service in SMF. You can run "svcfg export ntp" to get the current definition. Then create a new NTP service called ntp4, and make a new SMF method called ntp, and then import it and you should be set.
Melanie Pfefer wrote: > how to stop and start ntp on solaris knowing that svcadm will start/stop the > native ntp? > > I installed ntp under /usr/local/ > > the bin folder has: > > ntp-keygen ntp-wait ntpd ntpdate ntpdc ntpq > ntptime ntptrace > > thanks > > > --- On Mon, 10/11/08, Kevin Oberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Kevin Oberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] NTP installation and configuration on Solaris >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, 10 November, 2008, 4:13 AM >>> Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 10:25:13 +0000 (GMT) >>> From: Melanie Pfefer >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> As you said, Solaris 10 has already ntp installed. I >> followed your >>> recommendation since you told me that the ntp bundled >> with Solaris has >>> an old version (how to check ntp version by the way? >> And are we >>> installing here a NTP server or a NTP client?) >> It logs the version when it starts, or >> strings `which ntpd` | grep "NTP daemon program" >> >> >>> Anyway, I installed ntp-4.2.4p4 (default >> installation). I also >>> disabled the solaris ntp. >>> >>> What are the post installation steps? I do not see a >> configuration >>> file. Should I simply copy /etc/inet/ntp.server to >> /etc/inet/ntp.conf? >> >> Not being a Solaris person, I can't say what is in >> /etc/inet/ntp.server. >> >> The config file in most cases is a list of servers. If you >> don't have a >> reference server of your own and don't have contacts >> with someone that >> does, you can use uk.pool.ntp.org, but check with your >> Internet provider >> as many do have available servers. This is pretty likely to >> have a >> symmetric path. Asymmetric paths (that is a different path >> to the server >> and from the server) will result in a time offset which is >> normally >> fairly small, but can be over 100 ms. in some cases. >> >> See the man page "man ntp.conf" or see the >> documentation at ntp.org. >> >> You should try to list at least three servers to provide >> assurance that >> one going crazy won't mess up your time. More is >> better. I also >> recommend using the 'iburst' argument on each >> 'server' line. (Do NOT use >> 'burst'!) >> >>> Isn’t used only by the native ntp of solaris? >> I have no idea, but I suspect so. >> >>> What is the difference between /etc/inet/ntp.server >> and /etc/inet/ntp.client? >>> Now I have the same binaries installed under >> /usr/local/bin and /usr/sbin >>> which ntpq >>> /usr/sbin/ntpq >>> >>> which ntpdate >>> /usr/sbin/ntpdate >>> >>> which ntpq >>> /usr/sbin/ntpq >>> >>> which ntptrace >>> /usr/sbin/ntptrace >>> >>> Should I simply update PATH variable? Is there any >> better suggestion? >> >> Again, this is OS specific, so I'll defer to someone >> who works with >> Solaris. >> -- >> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer >> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) >> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley >> Lab) >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 >> Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 >> 987B 3751 _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
