[SOLVED] NTP config

ShadyCraig · 05-24-2010, 07:37 AM

Hello all,

I'm presently writing software to keep my system time from drifting, it uses an external clock device.

To verify it's accuracy I'm running ntpd as a server, and have another server monior the first as a client. This allows me to compare the offset with other 'valid' time servers.

The problem is that the monitoring client keeps synchronising with my development server. How can I configure either the dev. server or the client so that it's time won't be selected as a good time source?

The ntp.conf on the dev. server looks like:

Code:

server  127.127.1.0     # local clock
fudge   127.127.1.0     stratum 10

disable auth

driftfile /tmp/drift
broadcastdelay  0.008

Thanks,
Craig

ShadyCraig · 05-24-2010, 07:55 AM

Doh,

After looking in the docs for the nth time I've found it, right after posting.

Add noselect to the server command on the client:

Code:

server 192.168.4.238 noselect