Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP) service

For more about NTP

To obtain more information about NTP files and commands, consult the following manual pages:

Manual page Purpose
ntpdate(1Mtcp) set the date and time via NTP
ntpq(1Mtcp) standard NTP query program
ntptrace(1Mtcp) trace chain of NTP hosts back to the master time source
xntpd(1Mtcp) NTP daemon
xntpdc(1Mtcp) query/control program for the NTP daemon

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| Manual page           |  Purpose                                     |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| ntpdate(1Mtcp)        |  set the date and time via NTP               |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| ntpq(1Mtcp)           |  standard NTP query program                  |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| ntptrace(1Mtcp)       |  trace chain of NTP hosts back to the master |
|                       |  time source                                 |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| xntpd(1Mtcp)          |  NTP daemon                                  |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| xntpdc(1Mtcp)         |  query/control program for the NTP daemon    |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
To get more information about NTP and related protocols, see the following Requests for Comments (RFCs)

RFC Title
1059 Network Time Protocol Version 1 specification and implementation
1119 Network Time Protocol Version 2 specification and implementation
1128 Measured performance of the Network Time Protocol in the Internet system
1129 Internet time synchronization: The Network Time Protocol
1305 Network Time Protocol Version 3

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| RFC |  Title                                       |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|
| 1059|  Network Time Protocol Version 1             |
|     |  specification and implementation            |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|
| 1119|  Network Time Protocol Version 2             |
|     |  specification and implementation            |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|
| 1128|  Measured performance of the Network Time    |
|     |  Protocol in the Internet system             |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|
| 1129|  Internet time synchronization: The Network  |
|     |  Time Protocol                               |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|
| 1305|  Network Time Protocol Version 3             |
|-----|----------------------------------------------|
Alternatively, refer to the NTP World Wide Web site at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp.
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