Network Time Protocol (Reference)

The following files are needed for the NTP service to run.

Table 3-1 NTP Files

File Name	Function
`/etc/inet/ntp.conf`	Lists configuration options for NTP.
`/etc/inet/ntp.client`	Sample configuration file for NTP clients and servers.
`/etc/inet/ntp.leap`	Leap seconds configuration file.
`/etc/inet/ntp.keys`	Contains the NTP authentication keys.
`/etc/inet/ntp.server`	Contains additional configuration instructions for some NTP servers.
`/usr/lib/inet/ntpd`	NTP daemon. See the `ntpd`(1M) man page for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ntp-keygen`	Program used to generate public and private keys for NTP. See the `ntp-keygen`(1M) man page for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ntpdc`	NTP query program for the `ntpd` daemon. See the `ntpdc`(1M) man page for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ntpdate`	Utility to set the local date and time, based on NTP. See the `ntpdate`(1M) man page for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ntpq`	NTP query program. See the `ntpq`(1M) man page for more information.
`/var/ntp/ntpstats`	Directory for holding NTP statistics.
`/usr/sbin/ntptime`	Program to display or set the kernel time variables. See the `ntptime`(1M) man page for more information.
`/usr/sbin/ntptrace`	Program to trace NTP hosts back to the master NTP server. See the `ntptrace`(1M) man page for more information.
`/var/ntp/ntp.drift`	Sets the initial frequency offset on NTP servers.

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