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document that keywords can be specified multiple times;

from otto and myself; prodded by henning;
OPENBSD_3_7
jmc 20 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> .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\" .\"
@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ Empty lines and lines beginning with the
.Sq # .Sq #
character are ignored. character are ignored.
.Pp .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 .Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ic listen on Ar address .It Ic listen on Ar address
Specify a local IP address or a hostname the Specify a local IP address or a hostname the
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
daemon should listen on. daemon should listen on.
It can appear multiple times:
If it appears multiple times,
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
will listen on each given address. will listen on each given address.
If If
@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ listen on ::1
.It Ic server Ar address .It Ic server Ar address
Specify the IP address or the hostname of an NTP Specify the IP address or the hostname of an NTP
server to synchronize to. 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 .Xr ntpd 8
uses the first address. uses the first address.
If it does not get a reply, If it does not get a reply,
@ -71,6 +75,9 @@ server ntp.example.org
As with As with
.Cm server , .Cm server ,
specify the IP address or hostname of an NTP server to synchronize to. 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, Should the hostname resolve to multiple IP addresses,
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
will try to synchronize to all of them. will try to synchronize to all of them.


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