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diff --git a/ntpd/ntp.conf.5mdoc b/ntpd/ntp.conf.5mdoc index 998a274..1a52a12 100644 --- a/ntpd/ntp.conf.5mdoc +++ b/ntpd/ntp.conf.5mdoc @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -.Dd December 2 2014 +.Dd April 7 2015 .Dt NTP_CONF 5mdoc File Formats .Os .\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (ntp.mdoc) .\" -.\" It has been AutoGen-ed December 2, 2014 at 08:56:58 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5pre4 +.\" It has been AutoGen-ed April 7, 2015 at 04:25:57 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5pre4 .\" From the definitions ntp.conf.def .\" and the template file agmdoc-cmd.tpl .Sh NAME @@ -402,6 +402,20 @@ 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 .Sx Authentication Options . +.It Ic mdnstries Ar number +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 +.Ic mdnstries +times. +After all, +.Ic ntpd +may be starting before mDNS. +The default value for +.Ic mdnstries +is 5. .El .Sh Authentication Support Authentication support allows the NTP client to verify that the @@ -2604,7 +2618,9 @@ holds the names of the reference clock variables. .Cm freq Ar freq | .Cm huffpuff Ar huffpuff | .Cm panic Ar panic | -.Cm step Ar srep | +.Cm step Ar step | +.Cm stepback Ar stepback | +.Cm stepfwd Ar stepfwd | .Cm stepout Ar stepout .Oc .Xc @@ -2664,6 +2680,19 @@ adjustments will never occur. Note: The kernel time discipline is disabled if the step threshold is set to zero or greater than the default. +.It Cm stepback Ar stepback +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. +.It Cm stepfwd Ar stepfwd +As for stepback, but for the forward direction. .It Cm stepout Ar stepout The argument is the stepout timeout, which by default is 900 s. It can @@ -2784,9 +2813,9 @@ A snapshot of this documentation is available in HTML format in .%O RFC5905 .Re .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 |