[lug] NTP Configuration

Glenn Murray gmurray at Mines.EDU
Wed Sep 26 09:16:33 MDT 2001


No luck, the /etc/ntp.conf

server time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
#server time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
#server time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
server time.nist.gov
server utcnist.colorado.edu
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
#dirfitfile /etc/ntp/drift
authenticate no

still gives 

$ sudo ntpdate -v  
26 Sep 09:14:07 ntpdate[556]: no servers can be used, exiting   

Did you actually mean "dirfitfile"?

Thanks for any help,
Glenn Murray
www.mines.edu/~gmurray/public_html/Welcome.html

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Hugh Brown wrote:

> I have had success just using
> 
> server servername1
> server servername2
> server servername3
> server servername4
> dirfitfile /etc/ntp/drift
> authenticate no
> 
> for my ntp.conf
> 
> Hugh
> 




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