There are certain steps to configure NTP on Solaris, and it’s really easy and simple. Just follow the following steps
For Starting NTP on Solaris:
- Logon to the server using root.
- Now go to /etc/inet/
- Rename ntp.client to ntp.conf
- Now edit ntp.conf and replace multicastclient 224.0.1.1 with server ip-of-your-winntp-server
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# ident "@(#)ntp.client 1.3 00/07/17 SMI" # # /etc/inet/ntp.client # # An example file that could be copied over to /etc/inet/ntp.conf; it # provides a configuration for a host that passively waits for a server # to provide NTP packets on the ntp multicast net. # server ip-of-your-winntp-server #multicastclient 224.0.1.1 |
- Search for the NTP service using svcs -a | grep ntp
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root@SVR # svcs -a | grep ntp disabled Apr_21 svc:/network/ntp:default |
- Start NTP Server if Disabled using svcadm enable svc:/network/ntp:default and check the service status again.
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root@SVR # svcs -a | grep ntp online 14:25:19 svc:/network/ntp:default |
- Now check NTP status using ntpq –p
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root@SVR # ntpq –p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset disp ============================================================================== 192.168.1.7 192.168.38.220 2 u 10 64 1 0.69 10.177 15875.0 |
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