NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     ntpd.conf - Network Time Protocol daemon configuration file

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     This manual page describes the format of the ntpd(8) configuration file.
     It has the following format:

     Empty  lines  and lines beginning with the `#' character are
ignored.

     The possible keywords are as follows:

     listen on address
             Specify a local IP address or a hostname the ntpd(8)
daemon
             should listen on.  It can appear multiple times: ntpd(8) will
             listen on each given address.  If `*' is given as an
address,
             ntpd(8) will listen on all local addresses.  ntpd(8)
does not
             listen on any address by default.  For example:

                   listen on *
                   listen on 127.0.0.1
                   listen on ::1

     server address
             Specify the IP address or the  hostname  of  an  NTP
server to synchronize
  to.   If the hostname resolves to multiple
IPv4 and/or
             IPv6 addresses, ntpd(8) uses the first address.   If
it does not
             get  a  reply, ntpd(8) retries with the next address
and continues
             to do so until a working address is found.  For  example:

                   server 10.0.0.2
                   server ntp.example.org

     servers address
             As  with  server, specify the IP address or hostname
of an NTP
             server to synchronize to.  Should the  hostname  resolve to multiple
 IP addresses, ntpd(8) will try to synchronize to
all of them.
             For example:

                   servers pool.ntp.org

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/ntpd.conf     default ntpd(8) configuration file

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ntpd(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The ntpd.conf file format first appeared in OpenBSD 3.6.

OpenBSD     3.6                           June      17,      2004