Re: [gentoo-user] Peer review of ntp.conf file

[Teresa and Dale]

John J. Foster wrote:

>Good evening,
>
>After having some recent issues with ntpd (which I'm not certain are
>resolved), I decided to take a close look at my /etc/ntp.conf file.
>
>Below are the _only_ lines in /etc/ntp.conf that are not commented out.
>
>restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify
>driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
>logfile /var/log/ntp.log
>server 0.us.pool.ntp.org
>server 1.us.pool.ntp.org
>server 2.us.pool.ntp.org
>
>Researching this subject leads me to believe this is one of the more
>difficult subjects to get a good grasp of what is actually taking place
>behind the scenes. There appears to be a _lot_ of variables involved
>that _could_ have a major impact on operations.
>
>This workstation in the only linux box on this network, and I would like
>to be able to serve time to 5 XP boxes if possible. What I'm asking for
>here is 2 things:
>
>1:) Additions and/or changes to ntp.conf, along with the rationale for
>them.
>2:) A good laymans explanation (or link to) proper ntp configuration and
>usage.
>
>Thanks,
>festus
>
>


This is my conf file:

> # generated automatically by net-scripts
> restrict default noquery notrust nomodify
> restrict 127.0.0.1
> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> restrict 65.83.241.181 nomodify notrap noquery
> server 65.83.241.181
> restrict 67.32.118.46 nomodify notrap noquery
> server 67.32.118.46


That's the whole thing.  There is a command that I used that picked out
the three servers that has the fastest ping times but I can't remember
what it is.  It's in the ofrums somewhere but I can't find it.

Dale

:-) :-)

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