On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 02:28:32PM +0100, Martin Burnicki wrote: > Harlan Stenn wrote: > > pool 0.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst > > I bet the "server" options for pool servers are in there because > this was used in earlier versions before the "pool" keyword was > introduced, and it still works. > > >instead, and I'd have to look up when the 'pool' directive was put in > >there. > > IIRC this is supported in 4.2.6, but has not been supported in > 4.2.4p8 and earlier. If the ntp.conf file shipped with a particular > OS has been initially created a long time ago and always been > updated for newer NTP versions then I'm not surprised to see this.
IIRC the pool command in 4.2.6 uses quite a lot of servers, which probably is not an acceptable use of pool.ntp.org. I think it was improved later in 4.2.7. The page about recommended configuration doesn't mention it yet. http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html Vendors should be careful with the pool command. -- Miroslav Lichvar _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
