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From: debbieg@smokey.sandiego.ncr.COM
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Xntpd Questions
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Date: 22 Feb 91 19:13:40 GMT
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Reply-To: Debbie Galeazzi <debbie.galeazzi%sandiego.ncr.com@RELAY.CS.NET>
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I am currently porting Dennis Ferguson's xntpd product to
UNIX System V.4 on an Intel 486-based system.  I have the 
following questions:

1. Is there a test suite available anywhere to test that
   the xntpd product is functioning correctly?

2. I have the ntp RFC's and the xntpd documentation which
   came with the software (from anonymous ftp).  Is there
   any additional documentation available on xntpd?

3. Is this the appropriate forum to ask xntpd specific
   questions?  If so, I have the following questions:

  - How do I determine the best tickadj for my system? If
    I modify the system tickadj value, should the UNIX
    date command still work correctly?

  - How do I determine how closely systems are
    synchronized and how do I prove it?


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