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document the "servers" keyword

OPENBSD_3_6
henning 20 years ago
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.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.4 2004/07/07 08:36:26 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.5 2004/07/09 10:56:35 henning Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org> .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\" .\"
@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ The settings are as follows:
Specify a local IP address the Specify a local IP address the
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
daemon should listen on. daemon should listen on.
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
listen on 127.0.0.1
.Ed
.Pp
It can appear multiple times: It can appear multiple times:
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
will listen on each given address. will listen on each given address.
@ -49,13 +44,37 @@ is given as an address,
will listen on all local addresses. will listen on all local addresses.
.Xr ntpd 8 .Xr ntpd 8
does not listen on any address by default. does not listen on any address by default.
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
listen on *
listen on 127.0.0.1
listen on ::1
.Ed
.It Ar server .It Ar server
Specify the IP address or the hostname of an NTP Specify the IP address or the hostname of an NTP
server to syncronize to. server to syncronize to.
If the hostname resolves to multiple IPv4 and/or IPv6 adresses,
.Xr ntpd 8
uses the first address.
If it does not get a reply,
.Xr ntpd 8
retries with the next address and continues to do so unless a working address
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 pool.ntp.org
server ntp.example.org
.Ed
.It Ar servers
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,
.Xr ntpd 8
will try synchronize to all of them.
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
servers pool.ntp.org
.Ed .Ed
.El .El
.Sh FILES .Sh FILES


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