[ntp:questions] linux client configuration

Steve Kostecke kostecke at ntp.org
Fri Jan 21 04:02:07 UTC 2011


On 2011-01-20, Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org> wrote:

>Attribution Missing said:
>
>> So I had to use RESTRICT word only with IP address ? And If my ntp
>> server changes IP ?! I have to change my manually 'restrict entry'
>> ntp.conf !?
>
> What problem are you tring to solve?
>
> If you want to use names, you should use 4.2.6p1 (or later) or
> 4.2.7p22 (or later) and use 'restrict source'.

You can use restrict with a hostname on "older" versions of NTP (i.e.
before 4.2.6p1 and 4.2.7p22) as long as the hostname resolves to _one_
IP address.

-- 
Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.org>
NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/




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