Hello, On Wed, 2017-06-07 at 10:35 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 07 June 2017 08:56:59 ray wrote: > > > I would like to know the correct syntax for entering a server entry > > for stretch. > > > > All the documentation I find says to list the ntp servers in the > file > > as: server 0.XX.pool.ntp.org > > server 1.XX.pool.ntp.org > > > > An example source from 2017 is https://wiki.debian.org/DateTime > > > > When I open /etc/ntp.conf on my new stretch installation, I find > this > > format: pool 0.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst > > pool 1.debian.pool.ntp.org iburst > > > > The latest Debian doc says to start the line with 'server'. > > The latest Debian implementation starts the line with 'pool'. > > > > Are these interchangeable? > > > > Additionally, there is a parameter 'iburst' which I did not find in > > the Debian docs but found at http://doc.ntp.org/4.1.1/confopt.htm > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ray > > Begin rant: > > From someone who is currently battling a fresh jessie install that > didn't > even come with ntpdate installed, and which using the above format > in /etc/ntp.conf is still about 12 hours off on an rpi-3. > > Installing ntpdate and attempting to start it gets me a no servers > found > message, yet they are defined as discussed above, and the network is > fully accessible to all other forms of communication.
$ sudo ntpdate -s pool.ntp.org > > > That doc on www.ntp.org is nice, but worthless to someone who just > wants > it to work. I have quite a zoo of machines here, and I see little > advantage to each one banging on a network server, when it needs an > update. But does it give even a hint of how to make this machine, > or > heaven forbid, my router, which keeps time via ntp, and which I > believe > has the time broadcast enabled, (its dd-wrt in a buffalo box) into a > server that the rest of my machines can listen to to get the correct > time. If I could achieve that, it would reduce the loading on the > time > servers at debian or pool.ntp.org by a factor of 5 or 6 just from my > home network. > > But a manpage that actually tells us how to do that must be sick > bird, > because its not been written yet. Man page writers please get real, > and > tell us how to do something like getting our home networks all > synchronized to our routers which can then broadcast it to the rest > of > our network. > > Such a scheme can easily keep us on time with any errors within a > few > milliseconds, more than adequate enough for the girls I go with. > While > reducing the load on the servers by at least 80%. > > So how about a manpage that tells us how to do that? If its not > illegal > according to some rfc that is. > > Rant off. > > Thanks for reading. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > -- Jim Ohlstein Professional Mailman Hosting https://mailman-hosting.com/
