Re: ntp setup for a local server and a few clients to that server

[Devon]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Christopher Keller wrote:
>
> > $ chkconfig ntpd on
> > $ echo -e "clock.isc.org\nclock.via.net\ngpstime.trimble.com" >
> > /etc/ntp/step-tickers
> > $ service ntpd start

If I remember correctly, the step-tickers file is used only at ntpd 
start up to set the time (via ntpdate), making it easier on ntp. I 
don't believe ntpd ever looks at the step-tickers file. For ntp to 
maintain the time, you need to define time servers in /etc/ntp.conf.

Here's the reference in /etc/init.d/ntpd
start() {
        # Adjust time to make life easy for ntpd
        if [ -f /etc/ntp/step-tickers ]; then
                echo -n $"Synchronizing with time server: "
                /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s -b -p 8 -u \
                    `/bin/sed -e 's/#.*//' /etc/ntp/step-tickers`
                success
                echo
        fi

-D



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