HTPD

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 06 Nov 2004
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NAME

htpd - HTTP Time Protocol daemon

 

SYNOPSIS

htpd [ -rkh ] [-M max] [-m min] [-P proxy] [-H host] [-H host] [...]

 

DESCRIPTION

htpd is a daemon that manages the time using "HTP" (the HTTP Time Protocol) to set the system clock periodically from remote web servers.

 

OPTIONS

-r
Remove the service from system start-up.

-k

Stop the service if it's currently running.

-h

Print usage information and exit in success.

-M max

Specify the maximum number of seconds between polling the specified hosts. Default value is 43200 (12h).

-m min

Specify the minimum number of seconds between polling the specified hosts. Default value is 4096 (1h8m16s).

-P proxy

Specify an HTTP proxy to send requests through. The proxy parameter can be in the format of hostname:port. If the port is omited 8080 is assumed.

-H host

Query the webserver specified by host to update the time. Many hosts can be specified by multiple -H options. The host parameter can be in the format of hostname:port. If the port is omited 80 is assumed.

 

FILES

c:/program files/htp/etc/htpd.conf
Configuration file for htpd.

${prefix}/var/run/htpd.pid

File containing pid of running htpd.

 

SEE ALSO

htpd.conf(5), htpdate(8)

 

AUTHOR

Eddy Vervest <Eddy@cleVervest.com>
Roy Keene <htp@rkeene.org>


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
FILES
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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