Re: ntp package. Client by default?
On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 03:20:05PM +0100, Alberto Fuentes wrote:
> I think /usr/share/doc/ntp/README.Debian.gz is bad worded. Correct
> me if im wrong but it says "[...]The default ntp.conf file is set up
> for an NTP "client" that [...]" "[...]Extra configuration work will
> be necessary to offer time service to other hosts. [...]"
>
> By default, it works as a server not just as a client. Also I think
> by default it should not act as a server as is superseeding ntpdate,
> and the most regular use case is to install ntp is to keep in sync
> the time of your local computer.
Wow, good point. Indeed it *does* appear to be listening as a server
for other clients, by default, and I'd agree this is perhaps not the
best default.
I'd argue that this was a worth a feature-request bug.
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Jon Dowland
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