chrony lan - OT -

[Ed Greshko]

On 01/05/15 03:35, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
> On 01/04/15 14:24, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>> >So it appears that I need to change box10 to make it an ntp server:
>>> >
>>> ># Allow NTP client access from local network.
>>> >#allow 192.168/16
>>> >allow 192.168.1.0/24
>>> >
>>> >In the firewalld GUI I have checked NTP under SERVICES and made it PERMANENT. I'm really unsure of myself there!
>>> >
>>> >And then I assume I can add 192.168.1.10 [box10 ntp server] at the top of the list of the pool of public servers in /etc/chrony.conf in 192.168.1.48 [the samba server to be blocked from the internet]?
>>> >
>>> >Perhaps instead of 192.168.1.10 I could use 192.168.1.0/24?
>>> >
>>> >I would like some reassurance on this ...
>>> >
>> You want the actual IP address of the ntp server.  It isn't a case of searching.  It is a case of knowing.
>>
> But I could have two crony/NTP servers no? In addition to box10 I could make box7 an ntp server and list both in the clients configuration file? That doesn't seem problematic or am I missing something?
>
>

Yes, you can have multiple "server" lines in the config file.  And, if you want, you can use the FQDN and configure your DNS to serve IP addresses in a round-robin fashion.


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