[lug] NTP question

[Zan Lynx]

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 18:32, Steve Sullivan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm learning to use NTP, but it doesn't seem to work.
> I'm running Redhat 7.3 on a pentium.
> 
> ntpdate works great.
> 
> So I decided to try ntpd.  I deliberately set my clock 20 seconds off,
> and set up /etc/ntp.conf.  Then I started /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd,
> and waited.  And waited.  And waited.  45 minutes later and my clock
> is still 20 seconds off.  What am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Here is my /etc/ntpd file:
> =========== /etc/ntpd ========
> restrict default ignore
> restrict 127.0.0.1 
> server 204.34.198.41
> server 132.163.4.103
> server 128.138.140.44
> server 164.67.62.194
> driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
> ========== end file ========

I would say that the real problem here is your restrict lines.  The only
server it can contact is 127.0.0.1.  You need to add a restrict line for
each server.

A restrict <host> with no third argument allows everything.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
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