[ntp:questions] Re: those secret incantations!!!
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Tue Mar 8 01:25:01 UTC 2005
Charles wrote:
>Can anybody recommend a good on-line discussion or
>glossary or dictionary of the various terms used in the
>for fedora core 3 file /etc/ntp.conf ???
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>In particular, the word "fudge".
>Tnx,
>Charles
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If you have the source code for the NTP Reference implementation, you'll
find some explanation in the file notes.html.
In brief, fudge allows you to specify two time values, two flags and/or
two integral values to be applied to a particular clock or server.
The meanings/ functions of these values and flags are dependent on the
drivers for the specific reference clocks. See the source code for details.
The most common use of fudge is:
#
# Declare the local clock to be the clock of last resort.
# It will be used to serve time in the absence of any other.
#
server 127.127.1.0 # Local clock, unit 0
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
in which fudge is used to adjust the stratum of the local clock to a
value that will prevent all but the truly desparate from using it,
should it ever be required to act as a time server. This is useful in
the case where you lose your network connection to the outside world and
your local clock becomes unsynchronized.. The above statements allow
ntpd to serve time using the local clock as a reference clock without
any significant risk that anyone with access to a better clock will
believe that your unsynchronized local clock is a desirable clock to
synchronize with.
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