ohaya wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a very small network consisting of 4 Solaris servers (Solaris1,
> ..., Solaris4) and want to configure NTP so that Solaris2, Solaris3, and
> Solaris4 synch their time to Solaris1.
>
> This is an isolated network (no outside connection available), so from
> what I've read, I think that Solaris1 should be synched to itself?
>
> We tried to set this up yesterday, and got the xnptd running on all 4
> machines, but when we tested, it didn't seem that anything was happening
> (we ran snoops on port 123 on several of the machines).
>
> We tested by first using ntpdate on Solaris2, 3, and 4 to get them
> synched to Solaris1, then starting the xnptd on those machines, then
> setting the system clock on Solaris1 back about 10 minutes, and then
> watching the snoop output for awhile.
>
> Can someone provide what the basic ntp.conf file should look like for
> Solaris1 and for the other Solaris machines (Solaris2, 3, and 4)?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim

did you see the files
/etc/inet/ntp.client
/etc/inet/ntp.server
that can be used as a starting point for setting up such a
configuration?

Tom