ntptrace(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       ntptrace(8)

NAME

       ntptrace - trace a chain of NTP servers back to the primary source

SYNOPSIS

       ntptrace [ -n ] [ -m maxhosts ] [ server ]

DESCRIPTION

       ntptrace  is a perl script that uses the ntpq utility program to follow the chain of NTP servers from a given host back to the primary time
       source. For ntptrace to work properly, each of these servers must implement the NTP Control and Monitoring Protocol specified in  RFC  1305
       and enable NTP Mode 6 packets.

       If given no arguments, ntptrace starts with localhost. Here is an example of the output from ntptrace:

       % ntptrace
       localhost: stratum 4, offset 0.0019529, synch distance 0.144135
       server2ozo.com: stratum 2, offset 0.0124263, synch distance 0.115784
       usndh.edu: stratum 1, offset 0.0019298, synch distance 0.011993, refid 'WWVB'

       On  each  line,	the  fields are (left to right): the host name, the host stratum, the time offset between that host and the local host (as
       measured by ntptrace; this is why it is not always zero for "localhost"), the  host  synchronization  distance,	and  (only  for  stratum-1
       servers) the reference clock ID. All times are given in seconds. Note that the stratum is the server hop count to the primary source, while
       the synchronization distance is the estimated error relative to the primary source. These terms are precisely defined in RFC-1305.

OPTIONS

       -n      Turns off the printing of host names; instead, host IP addresses are given. This may be useful if a nameserver is down.

BUGS

       This program makes no attempt to improve accuracy by doing multiple samples.

SEE ALSO

       ntpd(8)

       The official HTML documentation.

       This file was automatically generated from HTML source.

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