[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Print warning about NTP

[Karl MacMillan]

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 13:01 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 11:58 -0400, Karl MacMillan wrote:
> > # HG changeset patch
> > # User "Karl MacMillan <kmacmill at redhat.com>"
> > # Date 1193068711 14400
> > # Node ID 492654169fe314db9c9324849e3e6c8657761c80
> > # Parent  f7f85a88b2b4c1f21a97348fc5237be473c3e2fa
> > Print warning about NTP
> > 
> > After looking into setting up ntpd on the IPA servers I decided it
> > was better just to warn admins. There are just too many valid setups
> > for time synchronization for us to try to get this right. Additionally,
> > just installing ntp and accepting the default config will result in
> > a configuration that is perfectly valid for IPA.
> > 
> > This patch checks if ntpd is running and suggests enabling it if it
> > is not - for client and server. It also adds some suggested next
> > steps to the server installation.
> 
> Should we add something in the bind zone we create to point at master
> serverts as ntp masters as well? IS there a specific SRV record for ntp
> servers ?
> 

Since we aren't configuring ntp, I don't think so.

Karl