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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[d47e7ea9] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[36474cb] | 7 | <!ENTITY ntp-download-http "http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-4.2/ntp-&ntp-version;.tar.gz">
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[6564aa1] | 8 | <!ENTITY ntp-download-ftp "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/ntp-&ntp-version;.tar.gz">
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[10516957] | 9 | <!ENTITY ntp-md5sum "00df80a84ec9528fcfb09498075525bc">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY ntp-size "4.1 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY ntp-buildsize "48 MB">
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[6564aa1] | 12 | <!ENTITY ntp-time "0.5 SBU">
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[d47e7ea9] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[286c613d] | 15 | <sect1 id="ntp" xreflabel="ntp-&ntp-version;">
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[dc6715a] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="ntp.html"?>
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[56ab82c] | 17 |
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[dc6715a] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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[56ab82c] | 22 |
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[286c613d] | 23 | <title>ntp-&ntp-version;</title>
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[56ab82c] | 24 |
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[dc6715a] | 25 | <indexterm zone="ntp">
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[286c613d] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-ntp">ntp</primary>
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[dc6715a] | 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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[286c613d] | 30 | <title>Introduction to ntp</title>
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[56ab82c] | 31 |
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[286c613d] | 32 | <para>The <application>ntp</application> package contains a
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[56ab82c] | 33 | client and server to keep the time synchronized between various computers over
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| 34 | a network. This package is the official reference implementation of the
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[dc6715a] | 35 | NTP protocol.</para>
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[56ab82c] | 36 |
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[41b674d] | 37 | &lfs75_checked;
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[6564aa1] | 38 |
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[dc6715a] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&ntp-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&ntp-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &ntp-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &ntp-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &ntp-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[2174baa] | 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &ntp-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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[dc6715a] | 59 | </itemizedlist>
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[56ab82c] | 60 |
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[286c613d] | 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">ntp Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[56ab82c] | 62 |
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[dc6715a] | 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[03f32bb] | 64 | <para role="optional">
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[56605b9] | 65 | <xref linkend="libcap-pam"/>,
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| 66 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>, and
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[03f32bb] | 67 | <ulink url="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/">libedit</ulink>
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| 68 | </para>
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[56ab82c] | 69 |
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[061ec9d] | 70 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 71 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/ntp"/></para>
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| 72 |
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[dc6715a] | 73 | </sect2>
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[56ab82c] | 74 |
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[dc6715a] | 75 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[286c613d] | 76 | <title>Installation of ntp</title>
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[dc6715a] | 77 |
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[e38cfca] | 78 | <para>
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| 79 | There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
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| 80 | of the <command>ntpd</command> daemon after it is
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| 81 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 82 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 87 ntp &&
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| 86 | useradd -c "Network Time Protocol" -d /var/lib/ntp -u 87 \
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| 87 | -g ntp -s /bin/false ntp</userinput></screen>
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| 88 |
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[286c613d] | 89 | <para>Install <application>ntp</application> by running
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[dc6715a] | 90 | the following commands:</para>
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| 91 |
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[f82ac3f] | 92 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[2dcc08c0] | 93 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 94 | --enable-linuxcaps \
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| 95 | --with-binsubdir=sbin \
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| 96 | --with-lineeditlibs=readline &&
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[11cf9f2] | 97 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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[56ab82c] | 100 |
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[11cf9f2] | 101 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[56ab82c] | 102 |
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[339fbfb9] | 103 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[491dcb99] | 104 | install -v -o ntp -g ntp -d /var/lib/ntp &&
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[339fbfb9] | 105 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/ntp-&ntp-version; &&
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[36474cb] | 106 | cp -v -R html/* /usr/share/doc/ntp-&ntp-version;/</userinput></screen>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | </sect2>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 111 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para><parameter>--with-binsubdir=sbin</parameter>: This parameter places
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| 114 | the administrative programs in <filename
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| 115 | class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>.</para>
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[11cf9f2] | 116 |
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[2dcc08c0] | 117 | <para><parameter>--enable-linuxcaps</parameter>: ntpd is run as user
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| 118 | ntp, so use Linux capabilities for non-root clock control.</para>
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| 119 |
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[a01b1bf] | 120 | <para><option>--with-lineeditlibs=readline</option>: This option enables
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| 121 | <application>Readline</application> support for <command>ntpdc</command>
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| 122 | and <command>ntpq</command> programs. If omitted,
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| 123 | <application>libedit</application> will be used if installed, otherwise no
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| 124 | readline capabilites will be compiled.</para>
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| 125 |
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[dc6715a] | 126 | </sect2>
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[56ab82c] | 127 |
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[dc6715a] | 128 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[286c613d] | 129 | <title>Configuring ntp</title>
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[56ab82c] | 130 |
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[dc6715a] | 131 | <sect3 id="ntp-config">
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| 132 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[56ab82c] | 133 |
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[dc6715a] | 134 | <para><filename>/etc/ntp.conf</filename></para>
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[56ab82c] | 135 |
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[dc6715a] | 136 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntp-config">
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| 137 | <primary sortas="e-etc-ntp.conf">/etc/ntp.conf</primary>
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| 138 | </indexterm>
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[56ab82c] | 139 |
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[dc6715a] | 140 | </sect3>
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[56ab82c] | 141 |
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[dc6715a] | 142 | <sect3>
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| 143 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 144 |
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[286c613d] | 145 | <para>The following configuration file defines various ntp servers
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[a88b03e] | 146 | with open access from different continents. It also creates a
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| 147 | drift file where <command>ntpd</command> stores the frequency
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| 148 | offset and a pid file to store the <command>ntpd</command> process
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| 149 | ID. Since the documentation included with the package is sparse,
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[286c613d] | 150 | visit the ntp website at <ulink url="http://www.ntp.org/"/> and
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[a88b03e] | 151 | <ulink url="http://www.pool.ntp.org/"/> for more information.</para>
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[dc6715a] | 152 |
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| 153 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/ntp.conf << "EOF"
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[6e26273] | 154 | <literal># Asia
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[bca6dfb6] | 155 | server 0.asia.pool.ntp.org
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[d47e7ea9] | 156 |
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| 157 | # Australia
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[bca6dfb6] | 158 | server 0.oceania.pool.ntp.org
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[56ab82c] | 159 |
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[d47e7ea9] | 160 | # Europe
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[ea57941f] | 161 | server 0.europe.pool.ntp.org
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[d47e7ea9] | 162 |
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| 163 | # North America
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[ea57941f] | 164 | server 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
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| 165 |
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| 166 | # South America
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[bca6dfb6] | 167 | server 2.south-america.pool.ntp.org
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[d47e7ea9] | 168 |
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[1e72251e] | 169 | driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
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[a5d7e29] | 170 | pidfile /var/run/ntpd.pid</literal>
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[dc6715a] | 171 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | </sect3>
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[56ab82c] | 174 |
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[dc6715a] | 175 | <sect3 id="ntp-init">
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| 176 | <title>Synchronizing the Time</title>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <para>There are two options. Option one is to run <command>ntpd</command>
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[56ab82c] | 179 | continuously and allow it to synchronize the time in a gradual manner. The
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[dc6715a] | 180 | other option is to run <command>ntpd</command> periodically (using cron)
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| 181 | and update the time each time <command>ntpd</command> is scheduled.</para>
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[56ab82c] | 182 |
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[abf6e26b] | 183 | <para>
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| 184 | To start the <command>ntpd</command> daemon at boot,
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| 185 | install the systemd unit from the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/>
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| 186 | package by running the following command as the
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| 187 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 188 | </para>
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[56ab82c] | 189 |
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| 190 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntp-init">
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[dc6715a] | 191 | <primary sortas="f-ntp">ntp</primary>
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[56ab82c] | 192 | </indexterm>
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[dc6715a] | 193 |
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[286c613d] | 194 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-ntpd</userinput></screen>
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[dc6715a] | 195 |
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[56ab82c] | 196 | <para>If you prefer to run <command>ntpd</command> periodically, add the
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| 197 | following command to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>'s
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[dc6715a] | 198 | <filename>crontab</filename>:</para>
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[56ab82c] | 199 |
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[dc6715a] | 200 | <screen><literal>ntpd -q</literal></screen>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | </sect3>
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[56ab82c] | 203 |
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[dc6715a] | 204 | </sect2>
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[56ab82c] | 205 |
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[dc6715a] | 206 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 207 | <title>Contents</title>
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[56ab82c] | 208 |
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[dc6715a] | 209 | <segmentedlist>
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| 210 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 211 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[22292f3a] | 212 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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[56ab82c] | 213 |
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[dc6715a] | 214 | <seglistitem>
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[56ab82c] | 215 | <seg>ntp-keygen, ntp-wait, ntpd, ntpdate, ntpdc, ntpq,
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[36474cb] | 216 | ntptime, ntptrace, sntp and tickadj</seg>
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[dc6715a] | 217 | <seg>None</seg>
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[22292f3a] | 218 | <seg>/usr/share/doc/ntp-&ntp-version;</seg>
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[dc6715a] | 219 | </seglistitem>
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| 220 | </segmentedlist>
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[56ab82c] | 221 |
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[dc6715a] | 222 | <variablelist>
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| 223 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 224 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 225 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[56ab82c] | 226 |
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[dc6715a] | 227 | <varlistentry id="ntp-keygen">
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| 228 | <term><command>ntp-keygen</command></term>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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[56ab82c] | 230 | <para>generates cryptographic data files used by the NTPv4 authentication
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[dc6715a] | 231 | and identification schemes.</para>
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| 232 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntp-keygen">
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| 233 | <primary sortas="b-ntp-keygen">ntp-keygen</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm>
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| 235 | </listitem>
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| 236 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 237 |
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[dc6715a] | 238 | <varlistentry id="ntp-wait">
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| 239 | <term><command>ntp-wait</command></term>
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| 240 | <listitem>
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[56ab82c] | 241 | <para>is useful at boot time, to delay the boot sequence until
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[dc6715a] | 242 | <command>ntpd</command> has set the time.</para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntp-wait">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="b-ntp-wait">ntp-wait</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 248 |
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[dc6715a] | 249 | <varlistentry id="ntpd">
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| 250 | <term><command>ntpd</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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[286c613d] | 252 | <para>is a ntp daemon that runs in the background and keeps
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[56ab82c] | 253 | the date and time synchronized based on response from configured
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[286c613d] | 254 | ntp servers. It also functions as a ntp server.</para>
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[dc6715a] | 255 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntpd">
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| 256 | <primary sortas="b-ntpd">ntpd</primary>
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| 257 | </indexterm>
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| 258 | </listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 260 |
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[dc6715a] | 261 | <varlistentry id="ntpdate">
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| 262 | <term><command>ntpdate</command></term>
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| 263 | <listitem>
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[56ab82c] | 264 | <para>is a client program that sets the date and time based on
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[286c613d] | 265 | the response from an ntp server. This command is deprecated.</para>
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[dc6715a] | 266 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntpdate">
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| 267 | <primary sortas="b-ntpdate">ntpdate</primary>
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| 268 | </indexterm>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 271 |
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[dc6715a] | 272 | <varlistentry id="ntpdc">
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| 273 | <term><command>ntpdc</command></term>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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[286c613d] | 275 | <para>is used to query the ntp daemon about its current state
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[dc6715a] | 276 | and to request changes in that state.</para>
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| 277 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntpdc">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-ntpdc">ntpdc</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 282 |
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[dc6715a] | 283 | <varlistentry id="ntpq">
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| 284 | <term><command>ntpq</command></term>
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| 285 | <listitem>
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[56ab82c] | 286 | <para>is an utility program used to monitor <command>ntpd</command>
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[dc6715a] | 287 | operations and determine performance.</para>
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| 288 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntpq">
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| 289 | <primary sortas="b-ntpq">ntpq</primary>
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| 290 | </indexterm>
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| 291 | </listitem>
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| 292 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 293 |
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[dc6715a] | 294 | <varlistentry id="ntptime">
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| 295 | <term><command>ntptime</command></term>
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| 296 | <listitem>
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| 297 | <para>reads and displays time-related kernel variables.</para>
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| 298 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntptime">
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| 299 | <primary sortas="b-ntptime">ntptime</primary>
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| 300 | </indexterm>
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| 301 | </listitem>
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| 302 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 303 |
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[dc6715a] | 304 | <varlistentry id="ntptrace">
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| 305 | <term><command>ntptrace</command></term>
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| 306 | <listitem>
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[286c613d] | 307 | <para>traces a chain of ntp servers back to the primary source.</para>
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[dc6715a] | 308 | <indexterm zone="ntp ntptrace">
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[56ab82c] | 309 | <primary sortas="b-ntptrace">ntptrace</primary>
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[dc6715a] | 310 | </indexterm>
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| 311 | </listitem>
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| 312 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 313 |
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[36474cb] | 314 | <varlistentry id="sntp">
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| 315 | <term><command>sntp</command></term>
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| 316 | <listitem>
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| 317 | <para>is a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client.</para>
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| 318 | <indexterm zone="ntp sntp">
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| 319 | <primary sortas="b-sntp">sntp</primary>
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| 320 | </indexterm>
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| 321 | </listitem>
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| 322 | </varlistentry>
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| 323 |
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[dc6715a] | 324 | <varlistentry id="tickadj">
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| 325 | <term><command>tickadj</command></term>
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| 326 | <listitem>
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[56ab82c] | 327 | <para>reads, and optionally modifies, several timekeeping-related
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| 328 | variables in older kernels that do not have support for precision
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[dc6715a] | 329 | timekeeping.</para>
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| 330 | <indexterm zone="ntp tickadj">
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| 331 | <primary sortas="b-tickadj">tickadj</primary>
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| 332 | </indexterm>
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| 333 | </listitem>
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| 334 | </varlistentry>
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[56ab82c] | 335 |
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[dc6715a] | 336 | </variablelist>
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[56ab82c] | 337 |
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[dc6715a] | 338 | </sect2>
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[56ab82c] | 339 |
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[39f01ca] | 340 | </sect1>
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