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.Dd June 17, 2004
.Dt NTPD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ntpd.conf
.Nd Network Time Protocol daemon configuration file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Ar ntpd
daemon implements the Network Time Protocol version 4.
The settings are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxx
.It Ar listen on
Specify a local IP address the
.Ar ntpd
daemon should listen on.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
listen on 127.0.0.1
.Ed
.Pp
Can appear multiple times,
.Ar ntpd
will listen on each given address.
.It Ar server
Specify the IP address of a
.Ar ntp
server to syncronize to.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
server 10.0.0.2
.Ed
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/ntpd.conf" -compact
.It Pa /etc/ntpd.conf
.Nm
configuration file.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ntpd 8 ,
.Xr rdate 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file format first appeared in
.Ox 3.6 .