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The "offset" field displays the difference (in milliseconds) between the system time and the reference time. Type "quit" to exit the ntpq utility. Configuring ntp

1) Stop the xntpd daemon

The xntpd daemon is managed by the System Resource Controller (SRC). To verify that the xntpd daemon is active : lssrc -s xntpd : status should be "active" To stop the xntpd subsystem : stopsrc -s xntpd

Note : xntpd is automatically started in /etc/rc.tcpip. To verify this : cat /etc/rc.tcpip | grep xntpd. system time and the reference time. Type "quit" to exit the ntpq utility.

Configuring ntp

1) Stop the xntpd daemon

2) Modify the /etc/ntp.conf file

Put the following lines in the /etc/ntp.conf file :

server <IP address or FQDN of timeserver> prefer driftfile /etc/ntp.drift tracefile /etc/ntp.trace system time and the reference time. Type "quit" to exit the ntpq utility. Configuring ntp

1) Stop the xntpd daemon

3) Restart the xntp daemon

To restart the xntpd daemon : startsrc -s xntpd

4) Check status of time synchronization

To check the status of the time synchronisation, use the ntpq utility. ntpq -i : start ntpq interactively

ntpq> peer