Setting up your own NTP server on RHEL6

1. Install ntp-4.2.4p8-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
2. Edit /etc/ntp.conf and uncomment the following two lines
        #server  127.127.1.0 # local clock
        #fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
3. service ntpd start



On the client machine
1. Edit /etc/ntp.conf and configure
    server 192.168.240.72 # the ip address of the local ntp server
2. service ntpdate start