Hosting an NTP server on a standalone network

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Published on 2010-06-10T18:22:10Z Indexed on 2010/06/10 18:24 UTC
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I have a LAN that is not connected to the internet, and I am trying to sychronize all the machines, Windows and Linux, to an NTP. All I've been able to find is setting up an NTP client with an internet NTP.

How can I setup my own Linux NTP server, or find good documentation on how?

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