NTP time server?

katsumi liquer katsumi at gmail.com
Tue Jan 30 17:46:37 UTC 2007


Cool, thanks a lot Jim!!! I will try it out later -- i can see it is
listening on the correct interface now, so that seems to be a very
good sign :)

katsu

On 1/30/07, Jim Shanks <jshanks at lrlec.org> wrote:
> Katsu,
>
> Ndpd does both, but it is not configured to act as a time server by default.
>
> Under the CLIENT NETWORK section of the default /etc/ntp.conf file add a
> restrict directive that defines your local network (mine is 172.17.0.0/16)
> as follows:
>
> # -- CLIENT NETWORK -------
> # Permit systems on this network to synchronize with this
> # time service.  Do not permit those systems to modify the
> # configuration of this service.  Also, do not use those
> # systems as peers for synchronization.
> # restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap
> restrict 172.17.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 nomodify notrap
>
> Jim
>
> PS:  If that doesn't work, drop me a note, I'll send my whole file.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: katsumi liquer [mailto:katsumi at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:12 PM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: NTP time server?
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a question -- before I ask, let me just state that I have been
> trying hard to find an answer but as of yet have not found one ;)
>
> Does anyone here run an NTP time server on RHEL? What is the preferred
> implementation? Is their one which is somehow a part of a standard
> package I can't find? Obviously I found ntpd, but it seems like that
> is only used for setting the time on the local server, not for
> providing a service. I am playing with compiling OpenNTPD, but before
> I go to crazy with that I just wanted to make sure I am not missing a
> better built-in RHEL package.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> katsu
>
>
>
>
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