[ntp:questions] Regarding updation of IP addresses in the ntpd.conf file
Brian Utterback
brian.utterback at oracle.com
Fri Jul 20 13:51:38 UTC 2012
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> server 0.pool.ntp.org
> server 1.pool.ntp.org
> server 2.pool.ntp.org
> server 3.pool.ntp.org
>
>
> More recent versions of ntp, might replace all four of those
> lines with one line in the conf file, e.g.:
>
> pool pool.ntp.org
Not generally. For some reason each lookup of any of these always
returns 3 addresses. Since we still recommend four servers (even if
there is some dispute over the reasons), using just pool.ntp.org won't
work. Even is you do multiple lookups, if there is anything that does
any caching in between you and the DNS server that sets the addresses,
you will get the same three.
I don't know why there are only three addresses. The simplest solution
would be for the round robin DNS servers to give out more addresses,
then you could just have the single line.
--
blu
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a
violent psychopath who knows where you live. - Martin Golding
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