1. NAME

ntpsweep - Sweep NTP Servers and Report Relationships

2. SYNOPSIS

ntpsweep [ --help|--peers|--strip <string>] <file>|[--host <hostname> ]

3. DESCRIPTION

ntpsweep prints per host given in <file> the NTP stratum level, the clock offset in seconds, the daemon version, the operating system and the processor.

4. OPTIONS

  • --help
        Print this short help text and exit.
  • <file>
        Specify the hosts file. File format is one hostname or ip number per line. Lines beginning with # are considered as comment.
  • --host <hostname>
        Speficy a single host, bypassing the need for a hosts file.
  • --peers
        List all peers a host synchronizes to.
  • --strip <string>
        Strip <string> from hostnames.

5. AUTHOR

Hans Lambermont. Manpage by Bdale Garbee <> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.