[Samba] ntp and samba43 on FreeBSD-103.

[James B. Byrne]

On Tue, February 7, 2017 13:06, James B. Byrne wrote:

> In any case, we have resolved most of these issues.  In dealing with
> this I ran across
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Time_Synchronisation  which contains
> this instruction:
>
> Set up the ntpd.conf File on a DC
> . . .
> ntpsigndsocket  /usr/local/samba/var/lib/ntp_signd/
>
> Now, on the FreeBSD host I see this instead:
>
> # sockstat | grep ntp
> root     ntpd       6229  3  dgram  -> /var/run/logpriv
> root     ntpd       6229  20 udp6   *:123                 *:*
> root     ntpd       6229  21 udp4   *:123                 *:*
> root     ntpd       6229  22 udp4   192.168.8.65:123      *:*
> root     ntpd       6229  23 udp6   ::1:123               *:*
> root     ntpd       6229  24 udp6   fe80::1%lo0:123       *:*
> root     ntpd       6229  25 udp4   127.0.0.1:123         *:*
> root     samba      766   24 stream /var/run/samba4/ntp_signd/socket
>
>
> So I altered /etc/ntp.conf as follows:
>
> ntpsigndsocket  /var/run/samba4/ntp_signd/
>
>
> However, as I have no idea what this does or how (or even if) al this
> works I would like to have this setup explained to me.
>

I feel that I am in the realm of the cargo cult with respect to MS,
Samba and ntp.  Is there a reference that someone can point me to that
explains what ntpsigndsocket actually accomplishes; as in how is the
socket used and by what?

Obviously it is tying Samba and ntp together somehow but I do not
understand what this accomplishes.  If the setting is not placed in
ntp.conf then what are the implications?  Is the directory used
arbitrary configured in the Samba build or is it configurable?  if so
how and where; smb4.conf?


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