Hi Sam Sam Luxford-Watts wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the quick reply. I know its not strictly an openfiler issue but > what is the CORRECT way of upgrading the kernel and adding in custom > drivers? A link to a doc would help me a Lot! > > How do I get the 'unsupported' kernel? Sorry I really am not that good with > RH, and have got far too soft with SuSE's Yast doing everything for me!! > Karan can answer this for you.
> Ntpd is there but for some reason it wont connect to my time server despite > me adding the necessary entries in. if I do a ntpdate <server> it works, but > ntpd just doesn’t even try to sync with the server and ntptrace just reports > localhost. I have tried using ntpd -c <config_file>. > > Sorry these are linux questions and not really openfiler related. > > Please read a howto on configuring ntpd to sync with with external time servers.. a google search brings up items like this: http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/ntp.htm The howto may be a little out of date, so certain syntaxes may have changed. So if you get any errors, please consult the manpages and docs in /usr/share/doc/ntp-x.y.z/ for the required info. I have attached my /etc/ntp.conf file as an example you can look at. Mukund
# Permit time synchronization with our time source, but do not # permit the source to query or modify the service on this system. restrict default nomodify notrap noquery # Permit all access over the loopback interface. This could # be tightened as well, but to do so would effect some of # the administrative functions. restrict 127.0.0.1 # -- 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 # --- OUR TIMESERVERS ----- # --- NTP MULTICASTCLIENT --- #multicastclient # listen on default 224.0.1.1 # restrict 224.0.1.1 mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap # restrict 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap # --- GENERAL CONFIGURATION --- # # Undisciplined Local Clock. This is a fake driver intended for backup # and when no outside source of synchronized time is available. The # default stratum is usually 3, but in this case we elect to use stratum # 0. Since the server line does not have the prefer keyword, this driver # is never used for synchronization, unless no other other # synchronization source is available. In case the local host is # controlled by some external source, such as an external oscillator or # another protocol, the prefer keyword would cause the local host to # disregard all other synchronization sources, unless the kernel # modifications are in use and declare an unsynchronized condition. # server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # # Drift file. Put this in a directory which the daemon can write to. # No symbolic links allowed, either, since the daemon updates the file # by creating a temporary in the same directory and then rename()'ing # it to the file. # driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift broadcastdelay 0.008 # # Keys file. If you want to diddle your server at run time, make a # keys file (mode 600 for sure) and define the key number to be # used for making requests. # # PLEASE DO NOT USE THE DEFAULT VALUES HERE. Pick your own, or remote # systems might be able to reset your clock at will. Note also that # ntpd is started with a -A flag, disabling authentication, that # will have to be removed as well. # keys /etc/ntp/keys server time.nist.gov restrict time.nist.gov mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery
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