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

Become an administrator.
For more information, see How to Use Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris 11.1 Administration: Security Services.
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
```
Read the ntp.server file.
If needed, add more information to the ntp.conf file.
Edit the ntp.conf file.
Make site specific changes to this file as needed.
Start the ntpd daemon.
```
# svcadm enable ntp
```

Become an administrator.
For more information, see How to Use Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris 11.1 Administration: Security Services.
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
```
Edit the ntp.conf file.
Make site specific changes to this file as needed.
Start the ntpd daemon.
```
# svcadm enable ntp
```

Become an administrator.
For more information, see How to Use Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris 11.1 Administration: Security Services.

Enable logging.

# svccfg -s svc:/network/ntp:default setprop config/verbose_logging = true

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

Update the SMF repository and restart the service.

# svcadm refresh svc:/network/ntp:default
# svcadm restart svc:/network/ntp:default

Verify that logging has been enabled.

# svcprop -p config/verbose_logging svc:/network/ntp:default
true

List the SMF properties.
- To list all of the properties associated with the NTP service, type:
```
# svcprop svc:/network/ntp:default
```
- To list all of the properties in the config property group, type:
```
# svcprop -p config svc:/network/ntp:default
```

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