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LINE_2 Changed in SCS Front Panel Display
7.7.1.5 Display OFF
LCD_DISPLAY=OFF
disables the front panel LCD display when no events are taking place. The
backlighting will remain on, but the display is blank.
7.8 Network Time Service
Network Time Service is supported. To use the network time service, the user must edit the
files
/etc/ntp.conf
and
/etc/ntp/step-tickers
and start the
ntpd
service as described
in the following paragraphs. (More information is available at
www.ntp.org
)
7.8.1 Configure NTP
The file
/etc/ntp.conf
has many options. To define the time server to be used, the hostname
(or IP address) of the time server is needed. Using your editor, add the line
: server time server name or IP address> to the end of the file. Example: For the hostname ts1.mydomain your entry is server ts1.mydomain (The user will type the actual hostname [or IP address] of the time server in place of ts1.mydomain .) The user should also add the server names to the file /etc/ntp/step-tickers . This file requires the name of the time server (the word 'server' as used in the file /etc/ntp.conf is not needed) 7.8.2 Start the NTP Service To start the NTP service manually: service ntpd start To cause NTP to start automatically during startup: chkconfig ntpd on 7.9 NIS and User Port Permissions The SCS can use NIS to control user access to the Ports in addition to controlling user access ! Note: Source documents, including this information, are stored on the SCS system. NIS information is located in /usr/local/doc/nis .
to the SCS itself. Since this is an extension to the normal NIS capabilities, some of the NIS files
must be installed on your NIS server. The user must create/ modify the NIS database to include
records containing user port permissions.