How to Set Up an NTP Client in Soalris
Step 1: Login as root user
Step 2: Create the ntp.conf file.
# cd /etc/inet
-bash-4.1$ ls -lrt
total 203
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 3262 Oct 6 2015 dhcpd.conf.example
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 5832 Oct 6 2015 slp.conf.example
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 4570 Oct 6 2015 services
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1882 Oct 6 2015 protocols
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 462 Oct 6 2015 networks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 487 Oct 6 2015 netmasks
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 2088 Oct 6 2015 ipsecinit.sample
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 2039 Oct 6 2015 ipsecalgs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 528 Oct 6 2015 ipaddrsel.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 812 Oct 6 2015 inetd.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 22 Oct 6 2015 datemsk.ndpd
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 4001 Oct 6 2015 ntp.server
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 4122 Oct 6 2015 ntp.client
-r--r--r-- 1 root sys 3290 Oct 6 2015 wanboot.conf.sample
drwxr-xr-x 4 ikeuser sys 8 Jul 18 2016 ike
drwx------ 3 root sys 6 Jul 18 2016 secret
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jul 18 2016 ipnodes -> ./hosts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63 Jul 18 2016 static_routes-DefaultFixed
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 252 Feb 5 2018 hosts
-bash-4.1$
# cp ntp.client ntp.conf
Edit the ntp.conf file.
#vi /etc/inet/ntp.conf
# Many ISP's also provide NTP servers for use by their customers.
# server server_name1 iburst
# server server_name2 iburst
# server server_name3 iburst
server
# Always configure the drift file. It can take days for ntpd to completely
# stabilize and without the drift file, it has to start over on a reboot
# of if ntpd restarts.
