[ntp:questions] 3 Questions about setting up NTP

Unruh unruh-spam at physics.ubc.ca
Tue Apr 8 18:52:34 UTC 2008


unix2266 at charter.net (unix2266) writes:

>Folks;
> I'm setting up a new NTP server to sync time for our network. I have one Linux server that needs to point to that NTP server
> My 3 questions are:
> 
> 1. I added the IP address for the NTP server to the "/etc/hosts" file on the Linux server. Is that all i need to do to make the Linux server point to the NTP server?

Yup. If your ntp server was in some dns server, you did not even have to do
that. 

> 
> 2. After pointing the Linux server to the NTP server, do i need to reboot the Linux server or restart any daemon on the Linux server? in other words, what do i need to do to make sure the changes i made in the "/etc/hosts" took affect?
> 

Nope. YOu do not need to do anything. the hosts file is reread every time
the system needs to do an address lookup.

> 3. Is there a way to test the NTP server to make sure it interact with the Linux server & will work fine if i have a timing issue on the Linux server? I want to test it so if something happens for real i don't look like a dummy
> 

ntpq -p
will show if your ntp is getting to the server. 

> Thanks Folks in advance


>Thanks;
>Moe




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