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NTPDC(1)							      NTPDC(1)

NAME
       ntpdc - special NTP query program

SYNOPSIS
       ntpdc [-ilnps] [-c command] [host] [...]

DESCRIPTION
       ntpdc  is  used to query the ntpd daemon about its current state and to
       request changes in that state. The program may be run either in	inter‐
       active mode or controlled using command line arguments. Extensive state
       and statistics information is available through the ntpdc interface. In
       addition,  nearly  all the configuration options which can be specified
       at startup using ntpd's configuration file may also be specified at run
       time using ntpdc.

       If  one	or  more request options are included on the command line when
       ntpdc is executed, each of the requests will be sent to the NTP servers
       running	on  each  of  the hosts given as command line arguments, or on
       localhost by default. If no  request  options  are  given,  ntpdc  will
       attempt	to  read commands from the standard input and execute these on
       the NTP server running on the first host given  on  the	command	 line,
       again  defaulting  to  localhost when no other host is specified. ntpdc
       will prompt for commands if the standard input is a terminal device.

       ntpdc uses NTP mode 7 packets to communicate with the NTP  server,  and
       hence  can  be used to query any compatible server on the network which
       permits it. Note that since NTP is a UDP	 protocol  this	 communication
       will  be	 somewhat unreliable, especially over large distances in terms
       of network topology. ntpdc makes no attempt to retransmit requests, and
       will  time  requests  out if the remote host is not heard from within a
       suitable timeout time.

       The operation of ntpdc are specific to the particular implementation of
       the  ntpd  daemon  and can be expected to work only with this and maybe
       some previous versions of the daemon. Requests from a remote ntpdc pro‐
       gram  which affect the state of the local server must be authenticated,
       which requires both the remote program and local server share a	common
       key and key identifier.

       Note  that  in  contexts	 where a host name is expected, a -4 qualifier
       preceding the host name forces DNS resolution to	 the  IPv4  namespace,
       while a -6 qualifier forces DNS resolution to the IPv6 namespace.

OPTIONS
       Specifying  a  command  line  option other than -i or -n will cause the
       specified query (queries) to be sent to the indicated  host(s)  immedi‐
       ately.  Otherwise,  ntpdc  will attempt to read interactive format com‐
       mands from the standard input.

       -4     Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line
	      to the IPv4 namespace.

       -6     Force DNS resolution of following host names on the command line
	      to the IPv6 namespace.

       -c command
	      The following argument is interpreted as an  interactive	format
	      command  and  is added to the list of commands to be executed on
	      the specified host(s). Multiple -c options may be given.

       -i     Force ntpdc to operate in	 interactive  mode.  Prompts  will  be
	      written  to the standard output and commands read from the stan‐
	      dard input.

       -l     Obtain a list of peers which are known to	 the  server(s).  This
	      switch is equivalent to -c listpeers.

       -n     Output  all  host addresses in dotted-quad numeric format rather
	      than converting to the canonical host names.

       -p     Print a list of the peers known to the server as well as a  sum‐
	      mary of their state. This is equivalent to -c peers.

       -s     Print  a list of the peers known to the server as well as a sum‐
	      mary of their state, but in a slightly different format than the
	      -p switch. This is equivalent to -c dmpeers.

SEE ALSO
       /usr/share/doc/ntp-doc/html/ntpdc.html for the full documentation.

Network Time Protocol		October 7, 2006			      NTPDC(1)
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