/* -*- Mode: Text -*- */ autogen definitions options; #include autogen-version.def #include copyright.def prog-name = "sntp"; prog-title = "reference Simple Network Time Protocol client"; argument = '[ hostname-or-IP ...]'; #include homerc.def long-opts; config-header = "config.h"; environrc; #include version.def flag = { name = ipv4; value = 4; flags-cant = ipv6; descrip = "Force IPv4 DNS name resolution"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ Force DNS resolution of the following host names on the command line to the IPv4 namespace. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = ipv6; value = 6; flags-cant = ipv4; descrip = "Force IPv6 DNS name resolution"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ Force DNS resolution of the following host names on the command line to the IPv6 namespace. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = authentication; value = a; descrip = "Enable authentication with the key @var{auth-keynumber}"; arg-type = number; arg-name = "auth-keynumber"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ Enable authentication using the key specified in this option's argument. The argument of this option is the @option{keyid}, a number specified in the @option{keyfile} as this key's identifier. See the @option{keyfile} option (@option{-k}) for more details. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = broadcast; value = b; descrip = "Listen to the address specified for broadcast time sync"; arg-type = string; arg-name = "broadcast-address"; max = NOLIMIT; stack-arg; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ If specified @code{sntp} will listen to the specified address for NTP broadcasts. The default maximum wait time can (and probably should) be modified with @option{-t}. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = concurrent; value = c; descrip = "Concurrently query all IPs returned for host-name"; arg-type = string; arg-name = "host-name"; max = NOLIMIT; stack-arg; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ Requests from an NTP "client" to a "server" should never be sent more rapidly than one every 2 seconds. By default, any IPs returned as part of a DNS lookup are assumed to be for a single instance of @code{ntpd}, and therefore @code{sntp} will send queries to these IPs one after another, with a 2-second gap in between each query. The @option{-c} or @option{--concurrent} flag says that any IPs returned for the DNS lookup of the supplied host-name are on different machines, so we can send concurrent queries. _EndOfDoc_; }; #include debug-opt.def flag = { name = gap; value = g; descrip = "The gap (in milliseconds) between time requests"; arg-type = number; arg-name = "milliseconds"; arg-default = 50; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ Since we're only going to use the first valid response we get and there is benefit to specifying a good number of servers to query, separate the queries we send out by the specified number of milliseconds. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = kod; value = K; arg-type = file; arg-name = "file-name"; arg-default = "/var/db/ntp-kod"; descrip = "KoD history filename"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ Specifies the filename to be used for the persistent history of KoD responses received from servers. If the file does not exist, a warning message will be displayed. The file will not be created. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = keyfile; value = k; descrip = "Look in this file for the key specified with @option{-a}"; arg-type = file; arg-name = "file-name"; arg-default = "/etc/ntp.keys"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ This option specifies the keyfile. @code{sntp} will search for the key specified with @option{-a} @file{keyno} in this file. See @command{ntp.keys(5)} for more information. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = logfile; value = l; arg-type = file; arg-name = "file-name"; descrip = "Log to specified logfile"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ This option causes the client to write log messages to the specified @file{logfile}. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = steplimit; value = M; arg-type = number; arg-range = "0->"; descrip = "Adjustments less than @var{steplimit} msec will be slewed"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ If the time adjustment is less than @file{steplimit} milliseconds, slew the amount using @command{adjtime(2)}. Otherwise, step the correction using @command{settimeofday(2)}. The default value is 0, which means all adjustments will be stepped. This is a feature, as different situations demand different values. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = ntpversion; value = o; descrip = "Send @var{int} as our NTP protocol version"; arg-type = number; arg-default = 4; arg-range = "0->7"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ When sending requests to a remote server, tell them we are running NTP protocol version @file{ntpversion} . _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = usereservedport; value = r; descrip = "Use the NTP Reserved Port (port 123)"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ Use port 123, which is reserved for NTP, for our network communications. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = step; value = S; descrip = "OK to 'step' the time with @command{settimeofday(2)}"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = slew; value = s; descrip = "OK to 'slew' the time with @command{adjtime(2)}"; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = timeout; value = t; descrip = "The number of seconds to wait for responses"; arg-type = number; arg-name = "seconds"; arg-default = 5; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ When waiting for a reply, @code{sntp} will wait the number of seconds specified before giving up. The default should be more than enough for a unicast response. If @code{sntp} is only waiting for a broadcast response a longer timeout is likely needed. _EndOfDoc_; }; flag = { name = "wait"; descrip = "Wait for pending replies (if not setting the time)"; disable = no; enabled; settable; doc = <<- _EndOfDoc_ If we are not setting the time, wait for all pending responses. _EndOfDoc_; }; /* explain: Additional information whenever the usage routine is invoked */ explain = <<- _END_EXPLAIN _END_EXPLAIN; doc-section = { ds-type = 'DESCRIPTION'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP .Nm can be used as an SNTP client to query a NTP or SNTP server and either display the time or set the local system's time (given suitable privilege). It can be run as an interactive command or from a .Ic cron job. NTP (the Network Time Protocol) and SNTP (the Simple Network Time Protocol) are defined and described by RFC 5905. .Pp The default is to write the estimated correct local date and time (i.e. not UTC) to the standard output in a format like: .Ic "'1996-10-15 20:17:25.123 (+0800) +4.567 +/- 0.089 [host] IP sN'" where the .Ic "'(+0800)'" means that to get to UTC from the reported local time one must add 8 hours and 0 minutes, the .Ic "'+4.567'" indicates the local clock is 4.567 seconds behind the correct time (so 4.567 seconds must be added to the local clock to get it to be correct). Note that the number of decimals printed for this value will change based on the reported precision of the server. .Ic "'+/- 0.089'" is the reported .Em synchronization distance (in seconds), which represents the maximum error due to all causes. If the server does not report valid data needed to calculate the synchronization distance, this will be reported as .Ic "'+/- ?'" . If the .Em host is different from the .Em IP , both will be displayed. Otherwise, only the .Em IP is displayed. Finally, the .Em stratum of the host is reported and the leap indicator is decoded and displayed. _END_PROG_MDOC_DESCRIP; }; doc-section = { ds-type = 'USAGE'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_MDOC_USAGE .Bl -tag -width indent .It Li "sntp ntpserver.somewhere" is the simplest use of this program and can be run as an unprivileged command to check the current time and error in the local clock. .It Li "sntp -Ss -M 128 ntpserver.somewhere" With suitable privilege, run as a command or from a .Xr cron 8 job, .Ic "sntp -Ss -M 128 ntpserver.somewhere" will request the time from the server, and if that server reports that it is synchronized then if the offset adjustment is less than 128 milliseconds the correction will be slewed, and if the correction is more than 128 milliseconds the correction will be stepped. .It Li "sntp -S ntpserver.somewhere" With suitable privilege, run as a command or from a .Xr cron 8 job, .Ic "sntp -S ntpserver.somewhere" will set (step) the local clock from a synchronized specified server, like the (deprecated) .Xr ntpdate 1ntpdatemdoc , or .Xr rdate 8 commands. .El _END_MDOC_USAGE; }; doc-section = { ds-type = 'AUTHORS'; ds-format = 'mdoc'; ds-text = <<- _END_MDOC_AUTHORS .An "Johannes Maximilian Kuehn" .An "Harlan Stenn" .An "Dave Hart" _END_MDOC_AUTHORS; };