@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.32 2015/08/28 02:59:29 deraadt Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.33 2015/10/23 14:52:20 phessler Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\"
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
.\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: August 28 2015 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: October 23 2015 $
.Dt NTPD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -130,17 +130,12 @@ A stratum value other than the default of 1 can be assigned using
the stratum keyword.
.It Xo Ic server Ar address
.Op Ic weight Ar weight-value
.Op Ic rtable Ar table-id
.Xc
Specify the IP address or the 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.
The
.Cm rtable
option specifies which routing table should be used for connection attempts.
Hostname resolution will still happen using the default routing table.
If a hostname resolves to multiple IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses,
.Xr ntpd 8
uses the first address.
@ -151,7 +146,7 @@ is found.
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
server 10.0.0.2 weight 5
server ntp.example.org weight 1 rtable 4
server ntp.example.org weight 1
.Ed
.Pp
To provide redundancy, it is good practice to configure multiple servers.
@ -159,7 +154,6 @@ In general, best accuracy is obtained by using servers that have a low
network latency.
.It Xo Ic servers Ar address
.Op Ic weight Ar weight-value
.Op Ic rtable Ar table-id
.Xc
As with
.Cm server ,
@ -173,7 +167,7 @@ will try to synchronize to all of them.
For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
servers pool.ntp.org
servers pool.ntp.org rtable 5
servers pool.ntp.org weight 5
.Ed
.El
.Sh CONSTRAINTS
@ -231,9 +225,3 @@ The
.Nm
file format first appeared in
.Ox 3.6 .
.Sh CAVEATS
When using different
.Cm rtable
options,
.Xr ntpd 8
must be started in rtable 0.