On Feb 11, 9:47 am, "Richard B. gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > April wrote: > > Configured and started an NTP server, and wanted to know whether the > > server is synched with the specified time source. Did not see any > > thing about synchronization in syslog for several days, but when > > execute ntpq -p, did find a line of time source having an asterisk, so > > this means the newly configured server is synched with the time source > > specified, right? > > Right! > > > xntpd coming with Solaris 9 (still one using NTP 3? btw, how to check > > the version of it?) > > It's V3! > > If you like, you can download the source for the current version and > build it yourself. You'll need Sun Studio 11 (Free) or gcc and gmake > (also free). The Sun Compiler generates better code for the SPARC > platform but either one will work. > > For that matter, you should be able to download a more recent version > from Sunfreeware.com or blastwave.org. Just about anything is more > recent than what Sun ships with Solaris! > > Just about all the major vendors are back in the dark ages. I think it > has something to do with there not being an RFC for NTP V4 yet. The new > RFC is being written by a committee (God help us) and might be ready > before 2036!
Thanks for the confirmation and explanation .. as part of a large deployment, we have to go with the vendor. :( _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
