The NTP software package is the official reference implementation
of the NTP protocol, which is designed to synchronize the clocks
of computers over a network.
The ntpd program is an operating system daemon which sets and
maintains the system time of day in synchronism with Internet
standard time servers.
The development releases of the NTP software natively support IPv6
version 4.1.80-rc1.
NTP clients
ntpdate
NTP
4.1.80-rc1
Maintainers
The NTP software package is the official reference implementation
of the NTP protocol, which is designed to synchronize the clocks
of computers over a network.
The ntpdate program sets the local date and time by polling the
NTP server(s) given as arguments to determine the correct time.
It must be run as root on the local host.
The development releases of the NTP software natively support IPv6
version 4.1.80-rc1.
NTP Testing and Debugging
ntpq
NTP
4.1.80-rc1
Maintainers
The NTP software package is the official reference implementation
of the NTP protocol, which is designed to synchronize the clocks
of computers over a network.
The ntpq utility is used to query NTP servers which implement the
recommended NTP mode 6 control message format about current state
and to request changes in that state. The program may be run
either in interactive mode or controlled using command line arguments.
The development releases of the NTP software natively support IPv6
version 4.1.80-rc1.
ntpdc
NTP
4.1.80-rc1
Maintainers
The NTP software package is the official reference implementation
of the NTP protocol, which is designed to synchronize the clocks
of computers over a network.
The ntpdc utility is used to query the ntpd daemon about its
current state and to request changes in that state. The program
may be run either in interactive mode or controlled using command
line arguments.
The development releases of the NTP software natively support IPv6
version 4.1.80-rc1.
ntptrace
NTP
4.1.80-rc1
Maintainers
The NTP software package is the official reference implementation
of the NTP protocol, which is designed to synchronize the clocks
of computers over a network.
The ntptrace utility determines where a given NTP server gets its
time from, and follows the chain of NTP servers back to their
master time source. If given no arguments, it starts with localhost.
The development releases of the NTP software natively support IPv6
version 4.1.80-rc1.