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ntp.keys
Section: File Formats (5)Updated: 21 Nov 2016
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NAME
ntp.keys - NTP symmetric key file formatNAME
ntp.keys - NTP symmetric key file format configuration file The key is 1 to 16 printable characters terminated by an EOL, whitespace, or a C]#] (which is the "start of comment" character).
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- The key is a hex-encoded ASCII string of 40 characters, which is truncated as necessary.
Note that the keys used by the ntpq](8)] and ntpdc](8)] programs are checked against passwords requested by the programs and entered by hand, so it is generally appropriate to specify these keys in ASCII format.
FILES
- the default name of the configuration file
SEE ALSO
ntp.conf](5)], ntpd](1)], ntpdate](1)], ntpdc](1)], sntp](1)]AUTHORS
The University of Delaware and Network Time FoundationCOPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1992-2016 The University of Delaware and Network Time Foundation all rights reserved. This program is released under the terms of the NTP license, <http://ntp.org/license>.BUGS
Please send bug reports to: http://bugs.ntp.org, bugs@ntp.orgNOTES
This document was derived from FreeBSD.
This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the ntp.keys option definitions.