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Re: [hobbit] Ntpdate polling question
- To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
- Subject: Re: [hobbit] Ntpdate polling question
- From: Buchan Milne <bgmilne (at) staff.telkomsa.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:51:45 +0200
- Cc: "Camp, Neil D. \(ManTech\) CTR" <neil.camp.ctr (at) deca.mil>
- Organization: Telkom Internet
- References: <7DD88B4E3DD0994E8001C6DA1E94E5461F2786@A10HQCIS0MAIL01.apps.deca.mil>
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On Thursday 29 March 2007, Camp, Neil D. (ManTech) CTR wrote:
> I must not understand what ntp test does. It checks for drift on the
> local server, correct? So, what does the local server poll to check for
> drift, itself, or another ntp server? Please bare with me.
Hobbit has built-in (non-ntp) clock drift checks.
AFAIK, the ntd check is specifically to test if the ntp server is working (not
that a client using ntp can do anything specific).
Regards,
Buchan
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Buchan Milne
ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)