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various cleanup:

- mention '#' comments
- fix macros for directives
- typos
- change list display
- ntp -> NTP
- slight rewording
help and ok jmc
ok henning otto
OPENBSD_3_6
jaredy 20 years ago
parent
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1 changed files with 22 additions and 15 deletions
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      src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5

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src/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5 View File

@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.5 2004/07/09 10:56:35 henning Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.6 2004/07/09 14:56:57 jaredy Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org> .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\" .\"
@ -28,10 +28,17 @@ daemon implements the Network Time Protocol
version 4. version 4.
This manual page describes the format of its configuration file, This manual page describes the format of its configuration file,
.Nm . .Nm .
The settings are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "listenonXX"
.It Ar listen on
Specify a local IP address the
.Pp
The configuration file has the following format:
.Pp
Empty lines and lines beginning with the
.Sq #
character are ignored.
.Pp
The possible keywords 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 .Xr ntpd 8
daemon should listen on. daemon should listen on.
It can appear multiple times: It can appear multiple times:
@ -50,28 +57,28 @@ listen on *
listen on 127.0.0.1 listen on 127.0.0.1
listen on ::1 listen on ::1
.Ed .Ed
.It Ar server
.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 syncronize to.
If the hostname resolves to multiple IPv4 and/or IPv6 adresses,
server to synchronize to.
If the 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,
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
retries with the next address and continues to do so unless a working address
retries with the next address and continues to do so until a working address
is found. is found.
For example: For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent .Bd -literal -offset indent
server 10.0.0.2 server 10.0.0.2
server ntp.example.org server ntp.example.org
.Ed .Ed
.It Ar servers
.It Ic servers Ar address
As with As with
.Ar server ,
specify the IP address or hostname of an ntp server to synchronize to.
Should the hostname resolve to multiple IP adresses,
.Cm server ,
specify the IP address or hostname of an NTP server to synchronize to.
Should the hostname resolve to multiple IP addresses,
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
will try synchronize to all of them.
will try to synchronize to all of them.
For example: For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent .Bd -literal -offset indent
servers pool.ntp.org servers pool.ntp.org
@ -80,7 +87,7 @@ servers pool.ntp.org
.Sh FILES .Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/ntpd.conf" -compact .Bl -tag -width "/etc/ntpd.conf" -compact
.It Pa /etc/ntpd.conf .It Pa /etc/ntpd.conf
.Nm
.Xr ntpd 8
configuration file configuration file
.El .El
.Sh SEE ALSO .Sh SEE ALSO


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