you may want add to your ntpd.conf: driftfile /your/drift logfile /your/log
to confirm, you can change your system date, and see wether it comes back to normal Samuel Martín Moro {EPITECH.} tek4 CamTrace S.A.S (+033) 1 41 38 37 60 1 Allée de la Venelle 92150 Suresnes FRANCE "Nobody wants to say how this works. Maybe nobody knows ..." Xorg.conf(5) On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Ed Flecko <edfle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > I've read several different sources on setting up ntp on FreeBSD (I'm > using 8.1), and they seem to vary a little, so I'm confused about how > DO you set this up, and how do you confirm/deny that it's working? > > I've modified my /etc/ntp.conf file by commenting out: > > #server 0.freebsd.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 > #server 1.freebsd.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 > #server 2.freebsd.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 > #server 3.freebsd.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 > > and changing them to read (I'm in the U.S.): > > server 0.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 > server 1.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 > server 2.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 > > I have confirmed that I can ping these servers. > > I've added ntpd_enable="YES" and ntpd_sync_on_start="YES" to > /etc/rc.conf and rebooted the server. > > 1.) Do I need to manually create the "driftfile" (/var/db/ntpd.drift)? > > 2.) Do I need to manually create the logfile (/var/log/ntp.log)? > > 3.) How do you confirm that FreeeBSD is, in fact, keeping time? > > Thank you, > Ed > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"