#1000822 ntpsigndsocket configuration option missing in ntp.conf(5) man page

Package:
ntp
Source:
ntpsec
Submitter:
Darshaka Pathirana
Date:
2021-11-29 18:45:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1000822#5
Date:
2021-11-29 18:43:33 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

the ntpd configuration option `ntpsigndsocket` is mentioned in the
Samba Wiki "Time Synchronisation / Configuring Time Synchronisation on
a DC": https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Time_Synchronisation

I had / have a hard time finding any documentation about it. It is
definitely missing in the ntp.conf(5) man page, but also in the
official(?) docs (so ntp-doc is most probably also affected):

* https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/miscopt.html
* https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/WebSearch?search=ntpsigndsocket&scope=all

The option does exist in the ntp source though: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-ntp-team/ntp/-/tree/master/html
(search for `ntpsigndsocket`).

Oh, and while writing this bug report I found an entry in the
chrony.conf(5) man page: https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/chrony/chrony.conf.5.en.html

Can we use this in the ntp.conf too or did I miss something?

Thanks very much for maintaining ntp!

Best,
 - Darsha