On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 18:21, Lylex Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > What option can I add to the conf file to specify a log file?
logfile "c:\some\dir\ntp.log" should work, but with the caveat that ntpd logs some information before processing ntp.conf which will end up in your application event log. To log from startup, you need to pass -l (or --logfile) to ntpd on the command line. > I don't seem to be able to modify the startup string in the service's > properties. I am baffled. I do this routinely by editing the ImagePath registry entry under HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\services\NTP -- usually to use -l "c:\some\dir\ntp.log" > I tried adding "logfile <filename>" to the conf file, which didn't seem to > work. > How can I raise the debug level? Raising the debug level for ntpd running as a service doesn't accomplish anything useful, as debug output is sent to stdout, which for a Windows service is connected to the bit bucket. To run ntpd with debug tracing on Windows, either grant your user account the needed privileges (to control the system clock, and optionally to raise the priority to realtime class), or log on as a member of the Administrators group, gaining those privileges by default. Then run regedit and browse to the ImagePath value mentioned above and copy it to the clipboard. From a command prompt, paste the ImagePath command line and add -D2 (or -D3 for more detail, etc). Optionally, you might choose to redirect stdout to a file with "> tracentpd.log" or similar. When ntpd is invoked interactively like this, you terminate it with Ctrl-C. Separately, you can ensure the normal logging is as verbose as possible using logconfig: logconfig =clockall +peerall +syncall +sysall Newer versions can abbreviate that to "logconfig =allall", but the above form should work with any version of ntpd. This controls only the default syslog/eventlog/--logfile/logfile logging and has no impact on the debug/trace logging to stdout from -d/-D. Good luck, Dave Hart _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
