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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-07-07 08:36:27 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-07-07 08:36:27 +0000
commit79bee63ec7d17fbd44df4689654b7a71cd547913 (patch)
tree638bf72333388bd2c888f7c3b8d9ad17e8047324 /usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5
parentf799060f49530a4b862207f2fbf57750cc67cd44 (diff)
tweaks; ok henning@
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5
index 4e5a8da8042..a550310224b 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/ntpd/ntpd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.3 2004/07/07 05:54:16 henning Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ntpd.conf.5,v 1.4 2004/07/07 08:36:26 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -22,29 +22,37 @@
.Nd Network Time Protocol daemon configuration file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Ar ntpd
-daemon implements the Network Time Protocol version 4.
+.Xr ntpd 8
+daemon implements the Network Time Protocol
+.Pq NTP
+version 4.
+This manual page describes the format of its configuration file,
+.Nm .
The settings are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxx
+.Bl -tag -width "listenonXX"
.It Ar listen on
Specify a local IP address the
-.Ar ntpd
+.Xr ntpd 8
daemon should listen on.
+For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
listen on 127.0.0.1
.Ed
.Pp
-Can appear multiple times,
-.Ar ntpd
+It can appear multiple times:
+.Xr ntpd 8
will listen on each given address.
If
-.Em *
-is given as address, ntpd will listen on all local addresses.
-ntpd does not listen on any address by default.
+.Sq *
+is given as an address,
+.Xr ntpd 8
+will listen on all local addresses.
+.Xr ntpd 8
+does not listen on any address by default.
.It Ar server
-Specify the IP address or the hostname of a
-.Ar ntp
+Specify the IP address or the hostname of an NTP
server to syncronize to.
+For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
server 10.0.0.2
server pool.ntp.org
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ server pool.ntp.org
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/ntpd.conf" -compact
.It Pa /etc/ntpd.conf
.Nm
-configuration file.
+configuration file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ntpd 8 ,