Traces a chain of Network Time Protocol (NTP) hosts back to their master time source. This command only applies to AIX Version 4.2 or later.
ntptrace [ -d ] [ -n ] [ -v ] [ -r Retries ] [ -t TimeOut ] [ Server ]
The ntptrace command determines where a given NTP server gets its time, and follows the chain of NTP servers back to their master time source. For example, stratum 0 server.
Server | Specifies the server. The default is the local host. |
This command returns the following exit values:
0 | Successful completion. |
>0 | An error occurred. |
Access Control: You must be part of the system group to run this command.
To trace where the local host NTP server gets its time from, enter:
ntptrace
Output similar to the following appears:
localhost: stratum 4, offset 0.0019529, synch distance 0.144135 server2.bozo.com: stratum 2, offset 0.0124263, synch distance 0.115784 usndh.edu: stratum 1, offset 0.0019298, synch distance 0.011993, refid 'WWVB'
All times are given in seconds.
/usr/sbin/ntptrace | Contains the ntptrace command. |
Commands: ntpq, ntpdate, xntpdc
Daemons: xntpd,