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document that keywords can be specified multiple times;

from otto and myself; prodded by henning;
OPENBSD_3_7
jmc 19 years ago
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.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.7 2004/07/13 19:51:38 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.8 2004/11/07 21:42:33 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\"
@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ Empty lines and lines beginning with the
.Sq #
character are ignored.
.Pp
The possible keywords are as follows:
Keywords may be specified multiple times within the configuration file.
They are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ic listen on Ar address
Specify a local IP address or a hostname the
.Xr ntpd 8
daemon should listen on.
It can appear multiple times:
If it appears multiple times,
.Xr ntpd 8
will listen on each given address.
If
@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ listen on ::1
.It Ic server Ar address
Specify the IP address or the hostname of an NTP
server to synchronize to.
If the hostname resolves to multiple IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses,
If it appears multiple times,
.Xr ntpd 8
will try to synchronize to all of the servers specified.
If a hostname resolves to multiple IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses,
.Xr ntpd 8
uses the first address.
If it does not get a reply,
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As with
.Cm server ,
specify the IP address or hostname of an NTP server to synchronize to.
If it appears multiple times,
.Xr ntpd 8
will try to synchronize to all of the servers specified.
Should the hostname resolve to multiple IP addresses,
.Xr ntpd 8
will try to synchronize to all of them.


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