---
name: "configure-ntp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ntp"
version: "1:4.0.99g-2"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/configure-ntp"
---

# configure-ntp(1)

generate /etc/ntp.conf

## NAME

configure-ntp - generate /etc/ntp.conf

## SYNOPSIS

**configure-ntp**

## DESCRIPTION

The **configure-ntp** command prompts the user for a set of NTP server IP addresses, and then  generates a suitable /etc/ntp.conf.

If /etc/ntp.conf already exists, an error is displayed and nothing is done.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Bdale Garbee \<bdale@gag.com\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).