How is ntpd data used -

[Bob Goodwin]

Markku Kolkka wrote:

>Bob Goodwin kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika lauantai, 6. 
>marraskuuta 2004 11:44):
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>>I run a script that does:
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>>service ntpd restart
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>>ntpq -p
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>You should insert a few minutes of delay between those two calls 
>to let the ntp daemon to work. 
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Yes I do that -

~  cat ./tsync

service ntpd restart

sleep 5

ntpq -p


>Yes, if you have more than three servers then "outliers" are 
>discarded. The algorithm is explained in detail in 
>http://www.eecis.udel.edu/%7emills/database/brief/arch/arch.pdf 
>and 
>http://www.eecis.udel.edu/%7emills/database/brief/flow/flow.pdf
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Ok Markku, thanks much for the fast response, that's what I was looking for.

BobG