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Diffstat (limited to 'ntpd/ntp.conf.5man')
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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man b/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man index 389f23e..f1ed4b2 100644 --- a/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man +++ b/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ .ds B-Font B .ds I-Font I .ds R-Font R -.TH ntp.conf 5man "02 Dec 2014" "4.2.7p482" "File Formats" +.TH ntp.conf 5man "07 Apr 2015" "4.2.8p2" "File Formats" .\" -.\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (/tmp/.ag-7eaizK/ag-wfaayK) +.\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (/tmp/.ag-gKaW.1/ag-tKaO91) .\" -.\" It has been AutoGen-ed December 2, 2014 at 08:56:37 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5pre4 +.\" It has been AutoGen-ed April 7, 2015 at 04:25:37 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5pre4 .\" From the definitions ntp.conf.def .\" and the template file agman-cmd.tpl .SH NAME @@ -415,6 +415,21 @@ in order to avoid accidental or malicious disruption in this mode, both the server and client should operate using symmetric-key or public-key authentication as described in \fIAuthentication\f[] \fIOptions\f[]. +.TP 7 +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]mdnstries\f[] \f\*[I-Font]number\f[] +If we are participating in mDNS, +after we have synched for the first time +we attempt to register with the mDNS system. +If that registration attempt fails, +we try again at one minute intervals for up to +\f\*[B-Font]mdnstries\f[] +times. +After all, +\f\*[B-Font]ntpd\f[] +may be starting before mDNS. +The default value for +\f\*[B-Font]mdnstries\f[] +is 5. .PP .SH Authentication Support Authentication support allows the NTP client to verify that the @@ -2771,7 +2786,7 @@ the names of all peer variables and the \fIclock_var_list\f[] holds the names of the reference clock variables. .TP 7 -.NOP \f\*[B-Font]tinker\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]allan\f[] \f\*[I-Font]allan\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]dispersion\f[] \f\*[I-Font]dispersion\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]freq\f[] \f\*[I-Font]freq\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]huffpuff\f[] \f\*[I-Font]huffpuff\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]panic\f[] \f\*[I-Font]panic\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]step\f[] \f\*[I-Font]srep\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]stepout\f[] \f\*[I-Font]stepout\f[]] +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]tinker\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]allan\f[] \f\*[I-Font]allan\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]dispersion\f[] \f\*[I-Font]dispersion\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]freq\f[] \f\*[I-Font]freq\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]huffpuff\f[] \f\*[I-Font]huffpuff\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]panic\f[] \f\*[I-Font]panic\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]step\f[] \f\*[I-Font]step\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]stepback\f[] \f\*[I-Font]stepback\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]stepfwd\f[] \f\*[I-Font]stepfwd\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]stepout\f[] \f\*[I-Font]stepout\f[]] This command can be used to alter several system variables in very exceptional circumstances. It should occur in the @@ -2837,6 +2852,21 @@ Note: The kernel time discipline is disabled if the step threshold is set to zero or greater than the default. .TP 7 +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]stepback\f[] \f\*[I-Font]stepback\f[] +The argument is the step threshold for the backward direction, +which by default is 0.128 s. +It can +be set to any positive number in seconds. +If both the forward and backward step thresholds are set to zero, step +adjustments will never occur. +Note: The kernel time discipline is +disabled if +each direction of step threshold are either +set to zero or greater than .5 second. +.TP 7 +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]stepfwd\f[] \f\*[I-Font]stepfwd\f[] +As for stepback, but for the forward direction. +.TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]stepout\f[] \f\*[I-Font]stepout\f[] The argument is the stepout timeout, which by default is 900 s. It can @@ -2974,9 +3004,9 @@ RFC5905 .PP .SH "AUTHORS" -The University of Delaware +The University of Delaware and Network Time Foundation .SH "COPYRIGHT" -Copyright (C) 1970-2014 The University of Delaware all rights reserved. +Copyright (C) 1992-2015 The University of Delaware and Network Time Foundation all rights reserved. This program is released under the terms of the NTP license, <http://ntp.org/license>. .SH BUGS The syntax checking is not picky; some combinations of |