[ntp:questions] ntpdate with auth
Grzegorz Daniluk
lin_g at o2.pl
Sun Jul 13 19:22:45 UTC 2008
Steve Kostecke pisze:
> On 2008-07-11, lin_g <lin_g at o2.pl> wrote:
>
>
>> Have anybody tried using ntpdate with iff and rsa keys on the time
>> server ? There is no problem when using symmetric md5 keys (-k and
>> -a options for ntpdate) but i have no idea how to force ntpdate to
>> use the public key for iff when remote server uses only that type of
>> authentication.
>>
>
> My quick review of the ntpdate source show that it only uses symmetric
> keys.
>
>
hmm... as I thought
>> Ntpd works perfect with that but unfortunately not ntpdate.
>>
>
> Why not use ntpd, then?
>
>
I'm using ntpd too but I need a simple way to get the time difference
between the server and my host and ntpdate gives me that information.
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