> From: "David J Taylor" <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:30:20 +0100 > Sender: [email protected] > > > This is a FreeBSD documentation and FreeBSD comes with a pretty good > > default ntp.conf, much like several of you have suggested. > > > > You can find it > > at:http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/ntp.conf?rev=1.2.2.1.4.1;content-type=text%2Fx-cvsweb-markup > > > > It has mostly comments with just a set of 3 (yeah, I know) pool systems. > > -- > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > > Kevin, > > Yes, I must have edited a file like that when I set up my own FreeBSD > system. I would take issue with: > > - no drift file appears to be specified (although it is mentioned) - I > had: > > driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift
That is because FreeBSD does this in the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file (with the ability to change it in /etc/rc.conf). ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift" is in this file and can be overridden by defining the variable differently in /etc/rc.conf. -- 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] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
