NTP in SPLAT

[Avertive]

I've disabled the webgui on my enforcement module (SPLAT, R55), but need to configure the NTP client. I had hoped it would be an option under sysconfig, but could not find an option where I specify my servers, interval, etc. I did find the command line string to run ntp, but am not sure if the daemon thus started will automatically run on system reboot. Assuming not, I'm at a bit of a loss how to configure this.

I did find /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntp, which seems calls a file in /etc/sysconfig/ntp. I'm guessing this is the configuration file. However, this file does not yet exist so the ntp daemon never starts, and I'm not sure of the precise syntax this ntp file is expecting.

In any case, I may be making this harder than it is. Please let me know how best to set this up.

Thanks in advance!

[chillyjim]

from a cpshell login the "ntp" command is used:

Usage: ntp <MD5_secret> <interval> <server1> [<server2> <server3>]
ntp -n <interval> <server1> [<server2> [<server3>]] (when working w/o MD5 secret)

SPLAT doesn't run ntpd

-jlh

[Avertive]

Originally Posted by chillyjim

from a cpshell login the "ntp" command is used:

Usage: ntp <MD5_secret> <interval> <server1> [<server2> <server3>]
ntp -n <interval> <server1> [<server2> [<server3>]] (when working w/o MD5 secret)

SPLAT doesn't run ntpd

-jlh

Thank you for the response. I've tried this, and the command appears to work. But when I run ntpstat, I get the following error message:

/bin/ntpstat_ntpstart: cpd_sched_config: command not found
ntp is not running

The command I type in is:

ntp -n 60 <server>

No error or success messages print after typing this command.

I am able to run ntpdate at Expert, but would really like to find out why this ntp polling won't execute & persist. I'd rather avoid hacking a script together that runs ntpdate for me. :)

[chillyjim]

SPLAT doesn't run ntpd, it uses ntpdate every <x> seconds to query the ntp server.

[Avertive]

Aha! I think I found the problem. When I run the "ntpstat" command as an admin-level user, I get the above error message. When I run as expert, I get "ntp is running".

I'm not sure why ntpstat would show up in the cpshell command list if it can't be run...or perhaps ntp was started at the Expert level...meaning the configuration file was created as the root user, and therefore could not be read by admin.

Anyway, thanks for the help!