1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Contents</title>
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3 |
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4 | <para>The <application><acronym>NTP</acronym></application> package
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5 | contains <command>ntp-wait</command>, <command>ntptrace</command>,
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6 | <command>ntpd</command>, <command>ntpdate</command>,
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7 | <command>ntpdc</command>, <command>ntpq</command>,
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8 | <command>ntptime</command>, <command>tickadj</command> and
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9 | <command>ntp-keygen</command>.</para>
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10 |
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11 | </sect2>
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12 |
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13 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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14 |
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15 | <sect3><title>ntp-wait</title>
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16 | <para><command>ntp-wait</command> is useful at boot time, to delay the
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17 | boot sequence until <command>ntpd</command> has set the
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18 | time.</para></sect3>
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19 |
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20 | <sect3><title>ntptrace</title>
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21 | <para><command>ntptrace</command> traces a chain of
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22 | <acronym>NTP</acronym> servers back to the primary source.</para></sect3>
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23 |
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24 | <sect3><title>ntpd</title>
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25 | <para><command>ntpd</command> is a NTP daemon that runs in the
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26 | background and keeps the date and time synchronized based on response
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27 | from configured <acronym>NTP</acronym> servers. It also functions as a
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28 | <acronym>NTP</acronym> server.</para></sect3>
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29 |
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30 | <sect3><title>ntpdate</title>
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31 | <para><command>ntpdate</command> is a client program that sets the date
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32 | and time based on the response from an <acronym>NTP</acronym> server.
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33 | This command is deprecated.</para></sect3>
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34 |
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35 | <sect3><title>ntpdc</title>
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36 | <para><command>ntpdc</command> is used to query the
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37 | <acronym>NTP</acronym> daemon about its current state and to request
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38 | changes in that state.</para></sect3>
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39 |
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40 | <sect3><title>ntpq</title>
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41 | <para><command>ntpq</command> is an utility program used to monitor
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42 | <command>ntpd</command> operations and determine
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43 | performance.</para></sect3>
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44 |
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45 | <sect3><title>ntptime</title>
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46 | <para><command>ntptime</command> reads and displays time-related
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47 | kernel variables.</para></sect3>
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48 |
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49 | <sect3><title>tickadj</title>
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50 | <para><command>tickadj</command> reads, and optionally modifies,
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51 | several timekeeping-related variables in older kernels that do not have
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52 | support for precision timekeeping.</para></sect3>
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53 |
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54 | <sect3><title>ntp-keygen</title>
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55 | <para><command>ntp-keygen</command> generates cryptographic data files
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56 | used by the <acronym>NTP</acronym>v4 authentication and identification
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57 | schemes.</para></sect3>
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58 |
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59 | </sect2>
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