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| NTPd on FreeBSD 4.x |
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This is part of the FreeBSD 4 standard distribution. The daemon is "xntpd"


1) create /etc/ntp.conf


box# cat > /etc/ntp.conf << EOF
> server ntp.isdnet.net
> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
> EOF
box#

ntp.isdnet.net is an example. I use it. But a list can be found elsewhere.
http://www.cru.fr/NTP/serveurs_francais.html for france.


2) enable xntpd in /etc/rc.conf :

box# cat >> /etc/rc.conf << EOF
> xntpd_enable="YES"
> EOF
box#

And there it is. It will be automatically run at next reboot. To run it manually:

box# ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid



-- Patrick Viet <pviet@azuria.net>, 2002-04-07