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Asked: 2012-02-14 19:14:23 +0800 CST

Where are the ntpd log file located, and how can we configure the ntpd log file path?

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I deal with that, ntpd as a daemon on my linux server by default configuring， but where should we look up the log file? Is there any log file normal, and if not , how can we configure that?

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  1. ntpd logs basic messages to syslog by default, so where those logs go is dependent on your syslog configuration, but /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog or common places to look.

    ntpd can also generate statistics if statsdir is defined in /etc/ntp.conf and you have some filegen definitions. Here is the documentation for statsdir and filegen.

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  2. By default ntpd uses the syslog mechanism, unless logfile is specified in the configuration file.

    Despite of that the amount of log messages is configured using the logconfig directive in the configuration file.

    Maybe you find the old NTP FAQ entry "6.1.4.1 How can I configure the amount of logging information?" helpful.

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