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Preface

Part I Network Services Topics

1.  Network Service (Overview)

2.  Managing Web Cache Servers

3.  Time-Related Services

Clock Synchronization (Overview)

About NTP in This Release

Managing Network Time Protocol (Tasks)

How to Set Up an NTP Server

How to Set Up an NTP Client

How to Enable NTP Logging

How to Display the SMF Properties Associated With the NTP Service

Using Other Time-Related Commands (Tasks)

How to Synchronize Date and Time From Another System

Network Time Protocol (Reference)

Part II Accessing Network File Systems Topics

4.  Managing Network File Systems (Overview)

5.  Network File System Administration (Tasks)

6.  Accessing Network File Systems (Reference)

Part III SLP Topics

7.  SLP (Overview)

8.  Planning and Enabling SLP (Tasks)

9.  Administering SLP (Tasks)

10.  Incorporating Legacy Services

11.  SLP (Reference)

Part IV Mail Services Topics

12.  Mail Services (Overview)

13.  Mail Services (Tasks)

14.  Mail Services (Reference)

Part V Serial Networking Topics

15.  Solaris PPP 4.0 (Overview)

16.  Planning for the PPP Link (Tasks)

17.  Setting Up a Dial-up PPP Link (Tasks)

18.  Setting Up a Leased-Line PPP Link (Tasks)

19.  Setting Up PPP Authentication (Tasks)

20.  Setting Up a PPPoE Tunnel (Tasks)

21.  Fixing Common PPP Problems (Tasks)

22.  Solaris PPP 4.0 (Reference)

23.  Migrating From Asynchronous Solaris PPP to Solaris PPP 4.0 (Tasks)

24.  UUCP (Overview)

25.  Administering UUCP (Tasks)

26.  UUCP (Reference)

Part VI Working With Remote Systems Topics

27.  Working With Remote Systems (Overview)

28.  Administering the FTP Server (Tasks)

29.  Accessing Remote Systems (Tasks)

Part VII Monitoring Network Services Topics

30.  Monitoring Network Performance (Tasks)

Glossary

Index

Managing Network Time Protocol (Tasks)

The following procedures show how to set up and use the NTP service.

How to Set Up an NTP Server

  1. Become an administrator.

    For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.

  2. Create the ntp.conf file.

    To ensure proper execution of the ntpd daemon, the ntp.conf file must first be created. The ntp.client file can be used as a template.

    # cd /etc/inet
    # cp ntp.client ntp.conf
  3. Read the ntp.server file.

    If needed, add more information to the ntp.conf file.

  4. Edit the ntp.conf file.

    Make site specific changes to this file as needed.

  5. Start the ntpd daemon.
    # svcadm enable ntp

How to Set Up an NTP Client

  1. Become an administrator.

    For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.

  2. Create the ntp.conf file.

    To activate the ntpd daemon, the ntp.conf file must first be created.

    # cd /etc/inet
    # cp ntp.client ntp.conf
  3. Edit the ntp.conf file.

    Make site specific changes to this file as needed.

  4. Start the ntpd daemon.
    # svcadm enable ntp

How to Enable NTP Logging

  1. Become an administrator.

    For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.

  2. Enable logging.
    # svccfg -s svc:/network/ntp:default setprop config/verbose_logging = true

    See the svccfg(1M) man page for more information.

  3. Update the SMF repository and restart the service.
    # svcadm refresh svc:/network/ntp:default
    # svcadm restart svc:/network/ntp:default 
  4. Verify that logging has been enabled.
    # svcprop -p config/verbose_logging svc:/network/ntp:default
    true

How to Display the SMF Properties Associated With the NTP Service