On 01/05/15 03:35, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 01/04/15 14:24, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> >So it appears that I need to change box10 to make it an ntp server:
>> >
>> ># Allow NTP client access from local network.
>> >#allow 192.168/16
>> >allow 192.168.1.0/24
>> >
>> >In the firewalld GUI I have checked NTP under SERVICES and made it PERMANENT.
I'm really unsure of myself there!
>> >
>> >And then I assume I can add 192.168.1.10 [box10 ntp server] at the top of the
list of the pool of public servers in /etc/chrony.conf in 192.168.1.48 [the samba server
to be blocked from the internet]?
>> >
>> >Perhaps instead of 192.168.1.10 I could use 192.168.1.0/24?
>> >
>> >I would like some reassurance on this ...
>> >
> You want the actual IP address of the ntp server. It isn't a case of searching.
It is a case of knowing.
>
But I could have two crony/NTP servers no? In addition to box10 I could make box7 an ntp
server and list both in the clients configuration file? That doesn't seem problematic
or am I missing something?
Yes, you can have multiple "server" lines in the config file. And, if you want,
you can use the FQDN and configure your DNS to serve IP addresses in a round-robin
fashion.
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