[ntp:questions] stepout value

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BlackLists wrote:> unruh wrote:
> from 4.2.6p5 source code ../ntpd/ntp_loopfilter.c
>> #define CLOCK_MINSTEP   900.    /* default stepout threshold (s) */
>>
>> You can change this with either the -x or the tinker options.
>>
>> What it means is that if the system finds that the time offset is larger
>> than 128 ms for more than 900 sec, then the system steps the clock.
>
> (Shrug) ...
>
> from ntp-dev-4.2.7p3##/ntpd/ntp_loopfilter.c source code
> #define CLOCK_MINSTEP   300.   /* default stepout threshold (s) */

FYI, if as the the OP said, they have RHEL5 circa 2007Mar15
 it shipped with NTPd ntp-4.2.2p1 circa 2006JUL08
  #define CLOCK_MINSTEP	900.	/* default stepout threshold (s) */


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