Jed Clear wrote: > David J Taylor wrote: >> Jed Clear wrote: >>> The correct question is why did Apple's MacOSX coders see fit to tack >>> "minpoll 12 maxpoll 17" to *every* line in ntp.conf, whenever you >>> look at the date & time preferences GUI. Part of it might be to >>> spare some of the load on the default NTP servers they supply in >>> apple.com. But the code ought not to mess with non-apple servers and >>> other non-server options. >> Thanks for that information. I would have described such an >> implementation as "broken". > > Didn't I say that? ;-) > > It's really fun when one's ntp.conf goes from "broadcastclient yes" to "server > broadcastclient minpoll..." and it adds min and max poll to your auth and > keys. > I keep a backup ntp.conf copy in $HOME for those times I'm poking around the > Prefs GUI and forget to skip the date & time section. This was in 10.3, I > haven't tried it in 10.4, but OP is running 10.4. > > Hmm, 10.4.5 seems to blow the file out and add back just the server from the > GUI > with the minpoll 12 maxpoll 17. Well that's slightly less broke. > > -Jed > Have you filed a bug report with Apple? If not, why not?
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