Duplicate entry in AWS FreeBSD 12.0 ntp.conf

Tue Feb 19 22:48:24 UTC 2019

I have just noticed that ntp.conf that comes in the AWS AMI for FreeBSD-12.0 (releng/12.0/usr.sbin/ntp/ntpd/ntp.conf 337649 2018-08-11 17:42:42Z brd) lists the AWS “server” twice, once on line 50, then again on line 96. I am not sure if that is on purpose, but it can lead to some confusion if one got changed but not the other.

On another note, is there a reason to use chrony instead of ntpd if using the AWS ntp source, ie. 169.254.169.123?

Many thanks,
Rafal
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Rafal Lukawiecki
Data Scientist 
Project Botticelli Ltd