[lug] NTP Configuration

[Glenn Murray]

Thanks for the response.  However there is no /etc/ntp/ on my standard
Debian distribution, and I get:

glenn/$ sudo ntpdate time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
 2 Oct 12:58:39 ntpdate[16969]: no server suitable for synchronization found
glenn/$ sudo ntpdate time.nist.gov
 2 Oct 12:59:01 ntpdate[16970]: no server suitable for synchronization found
glenn at gems:glenn/$ sudo ntpdate
 2 Oct 12:58:06 ntpdate[16967]: no servers can be used, exiting
glenn/$ more /etc/ntp.conf
# Provided off of blug --GM
 
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
glenn at gems:glenn/$ sudo /etc/init.d/ntp restart
Restarting NTP server: ntpd... done.
glenn/$ ls /var/log/ntpstats/
glenn/$

Glenn Murray
www.mines.edu/~gmurray/public_html/Welcome.html

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Nate Duehr wrote:

> And on Debian (cause I think that's what you're using) if your clock is
> off by more than five minutes (if I remember correctly) xntpd will do
> the "right thing" and NOT synch your clock, assuming something is REALLY
> wrong.  
> 
> Do an ntpdate time-a.nist.gov or whatever time server you like to get
> the clock in sync then /etc/init.d/ntp restart and watch the log files
> in /etc/ntp (on Debian if you haven't changed the default configs) to
> see if you get an in synch message -- it can take a little while even if
> you just did the ntpdate.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 10:18:25AM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > >>>>> "Glenn" == Glenn Murray <gmurray at Mines.EDU> writes:
> > 
> > Glenn> No luck, the /etc/ntp.conf server time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
> > Glenn> #server time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov #server
> > Glenn> time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov server time.nist.gov server
> > Glenn> utcnist.colorado.edu driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
> > Glenn> #dirfitfile /etc/ntp/drift authenticate no
> > 
> > Glenn> still gives
> > 
> > Glenn> $ sudo ntpdate -v 26 Sep 09:14:07 ntpdate[556]: no servers can
> > Glenn> be used, exiting
> > 
> > note that ntpdate is a command line tool, and doesn't read the config
> > file. If you run ntpdate you should do:
> > 
> > ntpdate time.nist.gov
> > 
> > (or whatever server you want to sync to). 
> > 
> > To see your config file working you need to start the xntpd and wait a
> > bit and should see syslog messages from it about being synced. ;) 
> > 
> > kevin
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