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While not particularly hard, you may not be used to installing stuff from source, so here's the crib notes: | While not particularly hard, you may not be used to installing stuff from source, so here's the crib notes: | ||
| − | + | 1. Go to [[http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Main/SoftwareDownloads the ISC's NTP page]] and download the latest source code for version 4.2.0 of NTP (anything dated after March 2003 has the fix) | |
# fetch http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz | # fetch http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz | ||
| − | + | 2. Make a directory for it and untar and unzip the file in it: | |
# mkdir /usr/local/ntp | # mkdir /usr/local/ntp | ||
# mv snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz /usr/local/ntp/ | # mv snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz /usr/local/ntp/ | ||
# gunzip sn*.tar.gz | # gunzip sn*.tar.gz | ||
# tar xfv snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz | # tar xfv snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz | ||
| − | + | 3. [[cd] into the directory and do the standard install from source (configure, make, make install) | |
# cd snapshotsntp-4.2.0 | # cd snapshotsntp-4.2.0 | ||
# configure | # configure | ||
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(a bunch more output) | (a bunch more output) | ||
# make install | # make install | ||
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| + | (stub article...more on autostarting NTPd and configuring...also make mention ntp etiquette) | ||
[[Category: FreeBSD for Servers]] | [[Category: FreeBSD for Servers]] | ||
[[Category: Ports and Packages]] | [[Category: Ports and Packages]] | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 8 April 2006
Network Time Protocol is a complex and often over-looked part of configuring systems, but without a trustworthy source of time data, all the logging in the world is essentially worthless. An NTP daemon, creatively named "ntpd", is available via ports, but unfortunately it's missing a patch for the broadcast client (refer to [this post]), so while ports or packages may be the easiest way to install it, you'll be installing a broken port or package.
Source Installation
While not particularly hard, you may not be used to installing stuff from source, so here's the crib notes:
1. Go to [the ISC's NTP page] and download the latest source code for version 4.2.0 of NTP (anything dated after March 2003 has the fix)
# fetch http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz
2. Make a directory for it and untar and unzip the file in it:
# mkdir /usr/local/ntp # mv snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz /usr/local/ntp/ # gunzip sn*.tar.gz # tar xfv snapshotsntp-4.2.0.tar.gz
3. [[cd] into the directory and do the standard install from source (configure, make, make install)
# cd snapshotsntp-4.2.0 # configure (lots of output) # make (a bunch more output) # make install
(stub article...more on autostarting NTPd and configuring...also make mention ntp etiquette)
