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      1 # $NetBSD: ntp.conf,v 1.13 2012/01/16 22:12:41 christos Exp $
      2 #
      3 # NetBSD default Network Time Protocol (NTP) configuration file for ntpd
      4 
      5 # This file is intended to be both a usable default, and a Quick-Start
      6 # Guide. The directives and options listed here are not at all complete.
      7 # A great deal of additional documentation, including links to FAQS and
      8 # other guides, may be found on the official NTP web site, in particular
      9 #
     10 #	http://www.ntp.org/documentation.html
     11 #
     12 
     13 # Process ID file, so that the daemon can be signalled from scripts
     14 
     15 pidfile		/var/run/ntpd.pid
     16 
     17 # The correction calculated by ntpd(8) for the local system clock's
     18 # drift is stored here.
     19 
     20 driftfile	/var/db/ntp.drift
     21 
     22 # Suppress the syslog(3) message for each peer synchronization change.
     23 
     24 logconfig	-syncstatus
     25 
     26 # This will help minimize disruptions due to network congestion. Don't
     27 # do this if you configure only one server!
     28 
     29 tos		minsane 2
     30 
     31 # Set the number of tries to register with mdns. 0 means never
     32 #
     33 mdnstries	0
     34 
     35 # Hereafter should be "server" or "peer" statements to configure other
     36 # hosts to exchange NTP packets with. Peers should be selected in such
     37 # a way that the network path to them is symmetric (that is, the series
     38 # of links and routers used to get to the peer is the same one that the
     39 # peer uses to get back. NTP assumes such symmetry in its network delay
     40 # calculation. NTP will apply an incorrect adjustment to timestamps
     41 # received from the peer if the path is not symmetric. This can result
     42 # in clock skew (your system clock being maintained consistently wrong
     43 # by a certain amount).
     44 #
     45 # The best way to select symmetric peers is to make sure that the
     46 # network path to them is as short as possible (this reduces the chance
     47 # that there is more than one network path between you and your peer).
     48 # You can measure these distances with the traceroute(8)  program. The
     49 # best place to start looking for NTP peers for your system is within
     50 # your own network, or at your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
     51 #
     52 # Ideally, you should select at least three other systems to talk NTP
     53 # with, for an "what I tell you three times is true" effect.
     54 #
     55 
     56 #peer		an.ntp.peer.goes.here
     57 #server		an.ntp.server.goes.here
     58 
     59 # Public servers from the pool.ntp.org project. Volunteer's servers
     60 # are dynamically assigned to the CNAMES below via DNS round-robin.
     61 # The pool.ntp.org project needs more volunteers! The only criteria to
     62 # join are a nailed-up connection and a static IP address. For details,
     63 # see the web page:
     64 #
     65 #	http://www.pool.ntp.org/ 
     66 #
     67 
     68 # Depending on the vagaries of DNS can occasionally pull in the same
     69 # server twice. The following CNAMES are guaranteed to be disjoint, at
     70 # least over some short interval. The following servers are allocated
     71 # to the NetBSD project.
     72 
     73 server		0.netbsd.pool.ntp.org
     74 server		1.netbsd.pool.ntp.org
     75 server		2.netbsd.pool.ntp.org
     76 server		3.netbsd.pool.ntp.org
     77