Network Time Protocol (Reference)
The following files are needed for the NTP service to run.
Table 3-1 NTP Files
File Name |
Function |
|---|
/etc/inet/ntp.conf
|
Lists configuration options for NTP. |
/etc/inet/ntp.client |
Sample configuration file for NTP clients. |
/etc/inet/ntp.server |
Sample
configuration file for NTP servers. |
/etc/inet/ntp.drift |
Sets the initial frequency offset on NTP
servers. |
/etc/inet/ntp.keys |
Contains the NTP authentication keys. |
/usr/lib/inet/xntpd |
NTP daemon. See xntpd(1M) for more information. |
/usr/sbin/ntpdate
|
Utility to set the local date and time, based on NTP. See
ntpdate(1M) for more information. |
/usr/sbin/ntpq |
NTP query program. See ntpq(1M) for more information. |
/usr/sbin/ntptrace |
Program
to trace NTP hosts back to the master NTP server. See ntptrace(1M)
for more information. |
/usr/sbin/xntpdc |
NTP query program for the xntpd daemon. See xntpdc(1M) for
more information. |
/var/ntp/ntpstats |
Directory for holding NTP statistics. |