On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 06:20, A C <agcarver+...@acarver.net> wrote: > On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: >> >> Is it possible to change the polling interval of one or more associated >> servers at runtime? It seems like I should be able to run: >> >> ntpq -c "writevar &associd hpoll=N" or is it ppoll? >> > > Actually, I should have been more specific and say change the minimum > polling interval. In other words, be able to adjust the conf file's minpoll > flag at runtime instead of restarting.
Yes but first you have to set up a ntp.keys file and reference from ntp.conf keys containing a symmetric key ID, type, and secret which you'll use for runtime configuration: in ntp.keys: 1 M mysecret # choose keyid from 1-65535, longer secret is stronger in ntp.conf: keys "/etc/ntp.keys" # match key ID from ntp.keys for both controlkey 1 # key allowed to remotely manage trustedkey 1 # keys trusted for symmetric auth including management Then something like the below will work: ntpq -c "keyid 1" -c "passwd mysecret" -c ":config unpeer server.to.change" -c ":config server server.to.change iburst minpoll Y" If you leave off the passwd command you'll be prompted for the secret and can type it without displaying it. Cheers, Dave Hart _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
