Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3785 mails)

[John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 21 October 2003 09:19, Bo Jacobsen wrote:
> I have installed xntpd but it will not keep the time as expected.
> When restarting it though, it resets the time correctly. Other hosts are
> able to get current time from this host.
> There is no log data when ntp is running, only when it's started and
> stopped.
>
>
> Following is my /etc/init.d/ntp.conf file:
> -------------------------------------------------
> #server 127.127.1.0		# local clock (LCL)
> #fudge  127.127.1.0 stratum 10	# LCL is unsynchronized
>
> ##
> ## Outside source of synchronized time
> ##
> ## server xx.xx.xx.xx		# IP address of server
>
> server ntp1.tele.dk	prefer
> server ntp.tiscali.dk
>
> restrict default ignore
> restrict 127.0.0.1
> #restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify
> restrict 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 nomodify nopeer
>

I'd give it several more peers, and some perhaps at a higher
stratum.  Also you should have your local clock in there as the
time keeper of last resort...

Here's my file, and Its been utterly reliable....
##
## Undisciplined Local Clock. This is a fake driver intended for backup
## and when no outside source of synchronized time is available.
##
server 127.127.1.0		# local clock (LCL)
fudge  127.127.1.0 stratum 10	# LCL is unsynchronized

##
## Outside source of synchronized time
##
## server xx.xx.xx.xx		# IP address of server
server ntp.gci.net              # ntp.gci.net
server time-a.nist.gov
server nist1.datum.com
server nist1.aol-ca.truetime.com
server ntp.nasa.gov             # ntp.nasa.gov
server time.nist.gov
server utcnist.colorado.edu
server ntp-ua.usno.navy.mil     # U.A. Fairbanks

##
## Miscellaneous stuff
##

driftfile /etc/ntp.drift	# path for drift file

logfile   /var/log/ntp		# alternate log file


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John Andersen