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Let NTP listen only on one interface

Hallo,

I have a machine which serves as NTP server. This machine has more (3) Network interfaces (+ loopback). By default NTP "binds" itself to all available interfaces, i.e. it listens on port 123 on all interfaces:

Code:
netstat -an|grep 123
udp        0      0  127.0.0.1.123          *.*
udp        0      0  1.2.3.4.123           *.*
udp        0      0  *.123                  *.*
udp        0      0  1.2.5.4.123           *.*
udp        0      0  1.2.6.4.123          *.*

I would like to "bind" NTP to only one interface, say the 1.2.3.4. Is it possible? I do not find any hint on the net.

Thanks.

p.s. I am interested in a solution for linux and HP-UX, in case of OS dependency.
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ntp(n)								 Tnm Tcl Extension							    ntp(n)

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NAME
ntp - Retrieve NTP status information. _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) (RFC 1119, RFC 1305) allows to synchronize computer clocks by exchanging NTP messages. The ntp command allows to retrieve control variables from NTP peers. NTP COMMAND
ntp [options] Invoking the ntp command with options but without any command arguments allows to retrieve and change the default values. See the description of supported options below. Default values are bound to a Tcl interpreter which allows to have multiple Tcl interpreter with different defaults. ntp [options] host arrayName The ntp command sends a NTP version 3 mode 6 request to host and writes status information into the Tcl array arrayName. After suc- cessful completion, the array will contain the following elements (RFC 1305): peer.delay This is a signed fixed-point number indicating the roundtrip delay of the peer clock relative to the local clock over the network path between them, in seconds. peer.dispersion This is a signed fixed-point number indicating the maximum error of the peer clock relative to the local clock over the net- work path between them, in seconds. peer.offset This is a signed, fixed-point number indicating the offset of the peer clock relative to the local clock, in seconds. peer.precision This is a signed integer indicating the precision of the various clocks, in seconds to the nearest power of two. peer.reach This is a shift register used to determine the reachability status of the peer, with bits entering from the least significant (rightmost) end. A peer is considered reachable if at least one bit in this register is set to one. peer.srcadr This is the IP address of the peer. peer.stratum This is an integer indicating the stratum of the local clock. peer.valid This is an integer counter indicating the valid samples remaining in the filter register. It is used to determine the reacha- bility state and when the poll interval should be increased or decreased. sys.peer This is a selector identifying the current synchronization source. sys.precision This is a signed integer indicating the precision of the various clocks, in seconds to the nearest power of two. sys.refid This is a 32-bit code identifying the particular reference clock. sys.rootdelay This is a signed fixed-point number indicating the total roundtrip delay to the primary reference source at the root of the synchronization subnet, in seconds. sys.rootdispersion This is a signed fixed-point number indicating the maximum error relative to the primary reference source at the root of the synchronization subnet, in seconds. sys.stratum This is an integer indicating the stratum of the local clock sys.system A textual description of the system type. NTP OPTIONS
The following options control how NTP requests are send and how the ntp command deals with lost NTP packets. -timeout time The -timeout option defines the time the ntp command will wait for a response. The time is defined in seconds with a default of 2 seconds. -retries number The -retries option defines how many times a request is retransmitted during the timeout interval. The default number of retries is 2. SEE ALSO
scotty(1), Tnm(n), Tcl(n) AUTHORS
Erik Schoenfelder <schoenfr@gaertner.de> Juergen Schoenwaelder <schoenw@cs.utwente.nl> Tnm ntp(n)