Bug 99180

Summary:	Unable to specify multiple NTP servers
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	John Horne <john.horne>
Component:	redhat-config-date	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description John Horne 2003-07-15 16:24:48 UTC

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Description of problem:
During the installation process, when firstboot runs, it is possible to set the
date and time. One option displayed is to use an NTP time server. However, it is
not possible to configure for more than one server. The NTP docs specify that
more than one server should be used in order to obtain accurate time. Perhaps a
comma separated or space separated list could be allowed?

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install RHL9
2.When firstboot runs, at the set date/time page try entering more than one time
server (comma separated list). It is accepted but does not work.
3.
    

Actual Results:  No time server is configured.

Expected Results:  Multiple time servers should be configured.

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Comment 1 Brent Fox 2003-07-22 18:36:09 UTC

For most setups, one ntp server works just fine.  You can always add additional
servers in the /etc/ntp.conf file after firstboot if you want to.  Making the
config tool accept multiple servers adds unnecessary complication.