diff --git a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5 b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5 index 927b1d58..55fcecd3 100644 --- a/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5 +++ b/src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $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 .\" @@ -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, @@ -71,6 +75,9 @@ server ntp.example.org 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.