On 2/19/19 2:48 PM, Rafal Lukawiecki wrote:
> I have just noticed that ntp.conf that comes in the AWS AMI for FreeBSD-12.0 
> (releng/12.0/usr.sbin/ntp/ntpd/ntp.conf 337649 2018-08-11 17:42:42Z brd) 
> lists the AWS “server” twice, once on line 50, then again on line 96. I am 
> not sure if that is on purpose, but it can lead to some confusion if one got 
> changed but not the other.

Oops.  Not intentional, just an erroneous sed script.  Fixed in r344315.

> On another note, is there a reason to use chrony instead of ntpd if using the 
> AWS ntp source, ie. 169.254.169.123?

Nope.  Chrony is what Amazon uses and it's what they recommend for anyone
starting from a blank slate; but I discussed this with them and they agreed
that since we ship with ntpd already installed it makes far more sense to
use what we already have.

-- 
Colin Percival
Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve
Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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