[lug] ntpdate fails on RH7.1 (KRUD 2001-08-01 with updates)

[Neal McBurnett]

Is this a firewall problem?  Do you block udp port 123?

Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us>
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 11:49:31AM -0600, Michael J. Hammel wrote:
> I have ntp 4.0.99k on my gateway box and every time I run ntpdate I get
> this message:
> 
> ntpdate[11708]: no server suitable for synchronization found
> 
> It doesn't matter what servers I specify, I always get that.  I turned off
> the ntp daemon and move /etc/ntp.conf to /etc/ntp.conf-, but neither
> helped.
> 
> On another box I have ntp 4.1.0 running on RH 7.2 (KRUD 2001-12-01).  I can
> set the date with ntpdate on that box just fine.  
> 
> Anyone know what is broken with th 4.0.99k version and if there is a way
> around this?  I haven't run krud2date yet since it isn't installed on the
> gateway box.  I've been updating that box with Red Carpet and the Red Hat
> Network.
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