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diff --git a/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man b/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man index 1e5e464..7804902 100644 --- a/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man +++ b/contrib/ntp/ntpd/ntp.conf.5man @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ .ds B-Font B .ds I-Font I .ds R-Font R -.TH ntp.conf 5man "20 Jan 2016" "4.2.8p6" "File Formats" +.TH ntp.conf 5man "26 Apr 2016" "4.2.8p7" "File Formats" .\" -.\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (/tmp/.ag-gsaOxR/ag-XsaGwR) +.\" EDIT THIS FILE WITH CAUTION (/tmp/.ag-ana4jE/ag-QnaWiE) .\" -.\" It has been AutoGen-ed January 20, 2016 at 04:17:45 AM by AutoGen 5.18.5 +.\" It has been AutoGen-ed April 26, 2016 at 08:28:14 PM by AutoGen 5.18.5 .\" From the definitions ntp.conf.def .\" and the template file agman-cmd.tpl .SH NAME @@ -133,8 +133,14 @@ in some weird and even destructive behavior. If the Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6 (RFC-2553) is detected, support for the IPv6 address family is generated in addition to the default support of the IPv4 address family. -In a few cases, including the reslist billboard generated -by ntpdc, IPv6 addresses are automatically generated. +In a few cases, including the +\f\*[B-Font]reslist\f[] +billboard generated +by +\fCntpq\f[]\fR(1ntpqmdoc)\f[] +or +\fCntpdc\f[]\fR(1ntpdcmdoc)\f[], +IPv6 addresses are automatically generated. IPv6 addresses can be identified by the presence of colons \*[Lq]\&:\*[Rq] in the address field. @@ -157,11 +163,11 @@ equivalent classes for that address family. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]pool\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]burst\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]iburst\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]maxpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]maxpoll\f[]] .TP 7 -.NOP \f\*[B-Font]server\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\&|\f[] \f\*[B-Font]autokey\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]burst\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]iburst\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]maxpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]maxpoll\f[]] +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]server\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\&|\f[] \f\*[B-Font]autokey\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]burst\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]iburst\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]maxpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]maxpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]true\f[]] .TP 7 -.NOP \f\*[B-Font]peer\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\&|\f[] \f\*[B-Font]autokey\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]maxpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]maxpoll\f[]] +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]peer\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\&|\f[] \f\*[B-Font]autokey\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]maxpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]maxpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]true\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]xleave\f[]] .TP 7 -.NOP \f\*[B-Font]broadcast\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\&|\f[] \f\*[B-Font]autokey\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]ttl\f[] \f\*[I-Font]ttl\f[]] +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]broadcast\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\&|\f[] \f\*[B-Font]autokey\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]ttl\f[] \f\*[I-Font]ttl\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]xleave\f[]] .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]manycastclient\f[] \f\*[I-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]key\f[] \f\*[I-Font]\&|\f[] \f\*[B-Font]autokey\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]version\f[] \f\*[I-Font]version\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]minpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]minpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]maxpoll\f[] \f\*[I-Font]maxpoll\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]ttl\f[] \f\*[I-Font]ttl\f[]] .PP @@ -289,7 +295,9 @@ when the server is reachable, send a burst of eight packets instead of the usual one. The packet spacing is normally 2 s; however, the spacing between the first and second packets -can be changed with the calldelay command to allow +can be changed with the +\f\*[B-Font]calldelay\f[] +command to allow additional time for a modem or ISDN call to complete. This is designed to improve timekeeping quality with the @@ -301,7 +309,9 @@ When the server is unreachable, send a burst of eight packets instead of the usual one. The packet spacing is normally 2 s; however, the spacing between the first two packets can be -changed with the calldelay command to allow +changed with the +\f\*[B-Font]calldelay\f[] +command to allow additional time for a modem or ISDN call to complete. This is designed to speed the initial synchronization acquisition with the @@ -339,6 +349,13 @@ option to a lower limit of 4 (16 s). Marks the server as unused, except for display purposes. The server is discarded by the selection algroithm. .TP 7 +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]preempt\f[] +Says the association can be preempted. +.TP 7 +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]true\f[] +Marks the server as a truechimer. +Use this option only for testing. +.TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]prefer\f[] Marks the server as preferred. All other things being equal, @@ -352,6 +369,12 @@ provided in \fI/usr/share/doc/ntp\f[]) for further information. .TP 7 +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]true\f[] +Forces the association to always survive the selection and clustering algorithms. +This option should almost certainly +\fIonly\f[] +be used while testing an association. +.TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]ttl\f[] \f\*[I-Font]ttl\f[] This option is used only with broadcast server and manycast client modes. @@ -371,6 +394,13 @@ Specifies the version number to be used for outgoing NTP packets. Versions 1-4 are the choices, with version 4 the default. +.TP 7 +.NOP \f\*[B-Font]xleave\f[] +Valid in +\f\*[B-Font]peer\f[] +and +\f\*[B-Font]broadcast\f[] +modes only, this flag enables interleave mode. .PP .SS Auxiliary Commands .TP 7 @@ -529,7 +559,7 @@ and commands and also by remote configuration commands sent by a \fCntpdc\f[]\fR(1ntpdcmdoc)\f[] -program running in +program running on another machine. If this flag is enabled, which is the default case, new broadcast client and symmetric passive associations and @@ -735,7 +765,7 @@ using the host name, network address and public keys, all of which are bound together by the protocol specifically to deflect masquerade attacks. For this reason Autokey -includes the source and destinatino IP addresses in message digest +includes the source and destination IP addresses in message digest computations and so the same addresses must be available at both the server and client. For this reason operation @@ -942,8 +972,8 @@ the link in the keys directory. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]iffpar\f[] \f\*[I-Font]file\f[] -Specifies the location of the optional IFF parameters file.This -overrides the link +Specifies the location of the optional IFF parameters file. +This overrides the link \fIntpkey_iff_\f[]\f\*[I-Font]hostname\f[] in the keys directory. .TP 7 @@ -955,8 +985,7 @@ in the keys directory. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]mvpar\f[] \f\*[I-Font]file\f[] Specifies the location of the optional MV parameters file. -This -overrides the link +This overrides the link \fIntpkey_mv_\f[]\f\*[I-Font]hostname\f[] in the keys directory. .TP 7 @@ -1118,7 +1147,7 @@ supported. Statistic files are managed using file generation sets and scripts in the \fI./scripts\f[] -directory of this distribution. +directory of the source code distribution. Using these facilities and UNIX @@ -1511,7 +1540,9 @@ When there is already a file with this name and the number of links of this file is one, it is renamed appending a dot, the letter \f\*[B-Font]C\f[], -and the pid of the ntpd server process. +and the pid of the +\fCntpd\f[]\fR(1ntpdmdoc)\f[] +server process. When the number of links is greater than one, the file is unlinked. This @@ -1559,7 +1590,9 @@ by a determined cracker. .ne 2 Clients can be denied service because they are explicitly -included in the restrict list created by the restrict command +included in the restrict list created by the +\f\*[B-Font]restrict\f[] +command or implicitly as the result of cryptographic or rate limit violations. Cryptographic violations include certificate @@ -1569,9 +1602,9 @@ at abusive rates. Some violations cause denied service only for the offending packet, others cause denied service for a timed period and others cause the denied service for -an indefinate period. +an indefinite period. When a client or network is denied access -for an indefinate period, the only way at present to remove +for an indefinite period, the only way at present to remove the restrictions is by restarting the server. .SS The Kiss-of-Death Packet Ordinarily, packets denied service are simply dropped with no @@ -1627,7 +1660,9 @@ Packets that violate these minima are discarded and a kiss-o'-death packet returned if enabled. The default minimum average and minimum are 5 and 2, respectively. -The monitor subcommand specifies the probability of discard +The +\f\*[B-Font]monitor\f[] +subcommand specifies the probability of discard for packets that overflow the rate-control window. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]restrict\f[] \f\*[B-Font]address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]mask\f[] \f\*[I-Font]mask\f[]] [\f\*[I-Font]flag\f[] \f\*[I-Font]...\f[]] @@ -1687,7 +1722,9 @@ last one, the packet is dropped. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]limited\f[] Deny service if the packet spacing violates the lower limits specified -in the discard command. +in the +\f\*[B-Font]discard\f[] +command. A history of clients is kept using the monitoring capability of \fCntpd\f[]\fR(1ntpdmdoc)\f[]. @@ -1754,7 +1791,9 @@ queries. .NOP \f\*[B-Font]notrap\f[] Decline to provide mode 6 control message trap service to matching hosts. -The trap service is a subsystem of the ntpdq control message +The trap service is a subsystem of the +\fCntpq\f[]\fR(1ntpqmdoc)\f[] +control message protocol which is intended for use by remote event logging programs. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]notrust\f[] @@ -1832,8 +1871,11 @@ as well and is highly recommended, especially for broadcast modes. .ne 2 A persistent manycast client association is configured -using the manycastclient command, which is similar to the -server command but with a multicast (IPv4 class +using the +\f\*[B-Font]manycastclient\f[] +command, which is similar to the +\f\*[B-Font]server\f[] +command but with a multicast (IPv4 class \f\*[B-Font]D\f[] or IPv6 prefix \f\*[B-Font]FF\f[]) @@ -1909,7 +1951,9 @@ command and, under normal circumstances, increments to the \f\*[B-Font]maxpolll\f[] value specified in this command. Initially, the TTL is -set at the minimum hops specified by the ttl command. +set at the minimum hops specified by the +\f\*[B-Font]ttl\f[] +command. At each retransmission the TTL is increased until reaching the maximum hops specified by this command or a sufficient number client associations have been found. @@ -2571,7 +2615,8 @@ otherwise, should be avoided. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]dscp\f[] \f\*[I-Font]value\f[] This option specifies the Differentiated Services Control Point (DSCP) value, -a 6-bit code. The default value is 46, signifying Expedited Forwarding. +a 6-bit code. +The default value is 46, signifying Expedited Forwarding. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]enable\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]auth\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]bclient\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]calibrate\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]kernel\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]mode7\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]monitor\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]ntp\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]stats\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]unpeer_crypto_early\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]unpeer_crypto_nak_early\f[] | \f\*[B-Font]unpeer_digest_early\f[]] .TP 7 @@ -2798,7 +2843,8 @@ A message class may also be followed by the \f\*[B-Font]all\f[] keyword to enable/disable all -messages of the respective message class.Thus, a minimal log configuration +messages of the respective message class. +Thus, a minimal log configuration could look like this: .br .in +4 @@ -2833,7 +2879,9 @@ This command specifies the location of an alternate log file to be used instead of the default system \fCsyslog\f[]\fR(3)\f[] facility. -This is the same operation as the \-l command line option. +This is the same operation as the +\f\*[B-Font]\-l\f[] +command line option. .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]setvar\f[] \f\*[I-Font]variable\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]default\f[]] This command adds an additional system variable. @@ -2978,7 +3026,8 @@ function. Defaults to 50 4k pages (200 4k pages in OpenBSD). .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]filenum\f[] \f\*[I-Font]Nfiledescriptors\f[] -Specifies the maximum number of file descriptors ntpd may have open at once. Defaults to the system default. +Specifies the maximum number of file descriptors ntpd may have open at once. +Defaults to the system default. .RE .TP 7 .NOP \f\*[B-Font]trap\f[] \f\*[I-Font]host_address\f[] [\f\*[B-Font]port\f[] \f\*[I-Font]port_number\f[]] [\f\*[B-Font]interface\f[] \f\*[I-Font]interface_address\f[]] |