| 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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