NTP import coming question: location of crypto keys for ntpd

[Doug White]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Ollivier Robert wrote:

> I'm preparing the upcoming ntp 4.2.0 import into what-will-be 5.3 and am
> wondering on this.  In the past, the preconfigured location for crypto keys
> is "/usr/local/etc", in-sync with what is used by the net/ntp port.
>
> For the base system, I was thinking of maybe change it to something close
> to "/etc/ntp" (in line with /etc/ppp & /etc/ssh).

Sounds like a fine place for me. As long as you don't move ntp.conf, I
don't think people are going to notice, and other platforms have /etc/ntp
already.

> Is it worth the HEADS-UP/UPDATING note I'd need to put or do I just keep it
> that way?

A heads-up for the import in general is probably warranted.  NTP can break
in strange and unusual ways and it can be hard to notice :)

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