Re: setup a local ntp server on debian

2009-09-23 Thread Mike Mestnik
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:38 PM, wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 02:58:59PM -0500, Israel Garcia wrote: >> We've been increasing in numbers of debian lenny servers and they has >> a cron.hourly as follow: >> >> #!/bin/bash >> /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u swisstime.ethz.ch >> There are a number of issues

Re: setup a local ntp server on debian

2009-09-23 Thread gcrimp
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 02:58:59PM -0500, Israel Garcia wrote: > We've been increasing in numbers of debian lenny servers and they has > a cron.hourly as follow: > > #!/bin/bash > /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u swisstime.ethz.ch > > We're planning to setup our NTP's servers only to serve our local > boxes.

Re: setup a local ntp server on debian

2009-09-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 14:58:59 Israel Garcia wrote: > 1. Which do you suggest to use? openntpd or ntp server? I prefer openntpd. The other ntpd is more feature-rich and is a more recent protocol version, so it might be better though. > 2. Can I setup redundancy with any of them? Redun

RE: setup a local ntp server on debian

2009-09-23 Thread Kevin Ross
> From: Israel Garcia [mailto:igalva...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:59 PM > > We've been increasing in numbers of debian lenny servers and they has > a cron.hourly as follow: > > #!/bin/bash > /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u swisstime.ethz.ch > > We're planning to setup our NTP's se

setup a local ntp server on debian

2009-09-23 Thread Israel Garcia
We've been increasing in numbers of debian lenny servers and they has a cron.hourly as follow: #!/bin/bash /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u swisstime.ethz.ch We're planning to setup our NTP's servers only to serve our local boxes. I've some questions for you: 1. Which do you suggest to use? openntpd or ntp