On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 12:38:52PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> The entire purpose of ntp is to interact on the network.  Not doing
> this would be similar to installing sshd and then wanting it not to
> listen to the network.  That would severely reduce its usefulness.  If
> you install ntp then there is an expectation that it will behave like
> ntp and interact with the network.

Clearly it needs to act as a client to ntpds elsewhere.  But perhaps it
shouldn't act as a server and permit ntp clients from anywhere to poll time
from it. Or perhaps it is not the right package to install, or recommend to
install, for people who want just an ntp client?


-- 
Jon Dowland


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