[plug] querying an ntp server

[Bill Kenworthy]

There is very extensive html documentation that comes with the Mandrake
package in the usual place - I presume other distros do the same. 
"/sbin/ntpq" is your friend in this case.  Run it in a console and type
help for the command list.  "peers" is the most useful command - the
docs describe the format returned which includes sync specs and which
server of the number (you are using a number of servers arn't you?) you
give it in the config file is actually being used for sync.  ntp is
extreemly involved depending on how far you want to go!

Comparing times is actually only a superficial way of checking that
everything is working properly as ntp compares server performance and
stability before selecting servers, backups and update timimg - you may
need to specify preferred servers etc to get the stability you want
without hunting.  ntpq is very useful here.

BillK

On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 11:03, Buddrige, David wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am currently trying to set up a linux server to synchronise its time with
> another machine using ntpd.  I have been going through the documentation
> that I have been able to locate on the internet (there does not appear to be
> a man page), and I _think_ I have it configured correctly.  However in order
> to check that it is operating as normal, I need to be able to determine what
> the ntp server's time is set to so that I can subsequently compare it with
> the time on my local machine.  Unfortunately, I don't have a login on the
> remote machine - it is on a client site on the other side of town.  Is there
> a command that can be used to query the time on an ntp server?
> 
> thanks heaps in advance
> 
> David.
> 
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