[ntp:questions] Question on how to Slew time in NTP

unruh unruh at invalid.ca
Tue Dec 13 17:46:00 UTC 2011


On 2011-12-13, vijay agrawal <vijay_203 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> ??
> I have added new NTP server as Startum 1. I would like to sync my existing NTP server with new NTP server. 
> ??
> But keeping the impact less, I would like to know what is the best method to slew the time correctly.
> ??

That is the job ntpd is designed to do. Why do you want to do it by
hand?

> I have figured out the steps and would like to confirm the same.
> ??
> -?????????????????? First stop the existing NTP daemon.

Why?

> -?????????????????? Configure the NTP.conf file with new NTP server.

Configure the new conf file first. Then stop and restart ntpd. That is
all you need. 


> -?????????????????? Sync the existing server with NTPDate ??? b <NEW Server Name>

Wny?

> -?????????????????? Start the NTPd and check the status with ntpq ???p
> ??
> Please let me know if this the correct method or else I would like to know another method for slewing the time.

Add the line into ntpd.conf, restart ntpd and that is it. 



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