On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 15:18, Michael Torrie <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/03/2010 03:05 PM, Merrill Oveson wrote: >> I've got ntpd running, and I guess it's querying the time servers out >> and syncing the time. >> >> Question: How can I verify this? > > I presume you're using the standard ntpd program, (often called xntpd) > and not OpenBSD's OpenNTP. I typically use the ntpdc utility. The > command you would use is "peers". For example: > ntpdc> peers > remote local st poll reach delay offset disp > ======================================================================= > =tick.phyber.com 192.168.105.100 1 128 377 0.01944 0.000433 0.10852 > =ntp.pbx.org 192.168.105.100 2 128 377 0.08675 0.017318 0.08217 > =coil.fireduck.c 192.168.105.100 2 128 377 0.07645 0.015221 0.09303 > *tock.byu.edu 192.168.105.100 1 64 377 0.00163 0.000169 0.05141 > =tick.byu.edu 192.168.105.100 1 64 377 0.00069 0.000375 0.06639
That's very interesting. I've always used ntpq. The two commands appear almost identical. Any idea what the difference is or if one is actually better than the other? Corey /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
