On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:53:57PM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> Does anyone have easy instructions for setting up an NTP server for a
> small network? I wanted to have one server grab the time from a tier 2
> server somewhere, then have the other machines in the net key off of that
> one for setting time. I started to RTFM, but on my first scan, I couldn't
> find a clear, self-contained set of instructions or an example for doing
> this.
Is the macine you want to use as a server connected full-time to the net
(or at least to a network from which the target tier-2 server can be reached)?
If so then you can use the xntp package that comes with RH. I set one up
at work and it was easy, once I dug thru enough documentation to figure out
which 2 or 3 of the 7000 documented options I needed. sorry, I'm not there
now and don't remember the details.
otherwise, if it is not a full-time connection, I suggest you check out
the chrony package. I use this at home to keep my lan synced together and
accurate. (You can also use chrony on a full-time connection, it's not
as flexible as xntp, but it's also a lot easier to set up.)
Chrony is designed for systems that are not connected full-time, knows
how to go online and offline, can trim your system clock to account for
its known (measured) drift, and can also act as an ntp server for the
remaining macines on your LAN.
Also, though you didn't ask: there are numerous ntp clients for windoze
machines. Since there are some of those thingsn on my home LAN, I've tried
a few and have settled on 'automachron' which seems to work reliably and
unobtrusively to keep in sync with the chrony server here.
Fred
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