Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 628

firewall-protected system, the advanced configuration can open the required ports in
SuSEfirewall2.
32.1.1 Quick NTP Client Configuration
The quick NTP client configuration (Network Services > NTP Configuration) consists
of two dialogs. Set the start mode of xntpd and the server to query in the first dialog.
To start xntpd automatically when the system is booted, click During Boot. Then
specify the NTP Server Configuration. Either click Use Random Servers from
pool.ntp.org if you cannot use a local time server or click Select to access a second di-
alog in which to select a suitable time server for your network.
Figure 32.1 YaST: Configuring an NTP Client
In the detailed server selection dialog, determine whether to implement time synchro-
nization using a time server from your local network (Local NTP Server) or an Internet-
based time server that takes care of your time zone (Public NTP Server). For a local
time server, click Lookup to start an SLP query for available time servers in your net-
work. Select the most suitable time server from the list of search results and exit the
dialog with OK. For a public time server, select your country (time zone) and a suitable
server from the list under Public NTP Server then exit the dialog with OK. In the main
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