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NAME

       ntpd - "Network Time Protocol daemon"

SYNOPSIS

       ntpd [-dnSsv] [-f file]

DESCRIPTION

       The  ntpd  daemon  synchronizes	the local clock to one or more remote NTP servers or local timedelta sensors.  ntpd can also act as an NTP
       server itself, redistributing the local time.  It implements the Simple Network Time Protocol version 4, as described in RFC 2030, and  the
       Network Time Protocol version 3, as described in RFC 1305.

       ntpd uses the adjtime(2) system call to correct the local system time without causing time jumps.  Adjustments larger than 128ms are logged
       using syslog(3) with LOG_INFO priority.	The threshold value is chosen to avoid having local clock drift thrash the log files.  Should ntpd
       be started with the -d option, all calls to adjtime(2) will be logged.

       When ntpd starts up, it reads settings from a configuration file, typically ntpd.conf(5).

       The options are as follows:

       -d     Do not daemonize.  If this option is specified, ntpd will run in the foreground and log to stderr.

       -f file
	      Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default /etc/openntpd/ntpd.conf.

       -n     Configtest mode.	Only check the configuration file for validity.

       -S     Do not set the time immediately at startup.  This is the default.

       -s     Set  the time immediately at startup if the local clock is off by more than 180 seconds.	Allows for a large time correction, elimi-
	      nating the need to run rdate(8) before starting .

       -v     This option allows ntpd to send DEBUG priority messages to syslog.

	      When ntpd receives a SIGINFO signal, it will write its peer and sensor status to syslog.

FILES

       /etc/openntpd/ntpd.conf
	      default ntpd configuration file

       /var/lib/openntpd/ntpd.drift
	      drift file, written by ntpd periodically and used at startup to get the initial clock drift

SEE ALSO

       date(1), adjfreq(2), adjtime(2), ntpd.conf(5), rdate(8), timed(8)

       , Network Time Protocol (Version 3), March 1992.

       , Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) Version 4, October 1996.

HISTORY

       The ntpd program first appeared in OpenBSD 3.6 .

							   $Mdocdate: November 10 2007 $						   NTPD(8)