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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

Network Time Protocol (Reference)

The following files are needed for the NTP service to run.

Table 3-1 NTP Files

File Name
Function
/etc/inet/ntp.conf
Lists configuration options for NTP.
/etc/inet/ntp.client
Sample configuration file for NTP clients and servers.
/etc/inet/ntp.leap
Leap seconds configuration file.
/etc/inet/ntp.keys
Contains the NTP authentication keys.
/etc/inet/ntp.server
Contains additional configuration instructions for some NTP servers.
/usr/lib/inet/ntpd
NTP daemon. See the ntpd(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/ntp-keygen
Program used to generate public and private keys for NTP. See the ntp-keygen(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/ntpdc
NTP query program for the ntpd daemon. See the ntpdc(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/ntpdate
Utility to set the local date and time, based on NTP. See the ntpdate(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/ntpq
NTP query program. See the ntpq(1M) man page for more information.
/var/ntp/ntpstats
Directory for holding NTP statistics.
/usr/sbin/ntptime
Program to display or set the kernel time variables. See the ntptime(1M) man page for more information.
/usr/sbin/ntptrace
Program to trace NTP hosts back to the master NTP server. See the ntptrace(1M) man page for more information.
/var/ntp/ntp.drift
Sets the initial frequency offset on NTP servers.
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