On Saturday 08 September 2007, Andrew Junev wrote:
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 12:30:07 AM, you wrote:
> Ok, final push. Edit /etc/sysconfig/ntpd and add "-x" to the OPTIONS
> line:
>
> # Drop root to id 'ntp:ntp' by default.
> OPTIONS="-x -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid"
> ^^
> Add there
>
> Finally, do "service ntpd restart" and it should fire up.
I just did all that. No luck... :-(
Sep 8 11:33:50 frontend ntpd[4118]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpdate[5868]: step time server 66.187.233.4 offset
-521.560811 sec
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5870]: ntpd 4.2.4p2(a)1.1495-o
Tue Aug 21 14:07:56 UTC 2007 (1)
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: precision = 2.000 usec
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard,
0.0.0.0#123 Disabled
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on
interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123
Enabled
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #3 eth0,
fe80::230:5ff:fe22:857#123
Enabled
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #4 lo,
127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #5 eth0,
172.23.0.133#123 Enabled
Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: kernel time sync status 0040
Sep 8 11:25:14 frontend ntpd[5871]: frequency initialized 0.000 PPM from
/var/lib/ntp/drift
ntpd is still not syncing...
What else can I do?!
Are you using
pool.ntp.org as the src? Can you ping them, getting an
apparently random address selection out of a dozen or so choices?
Make sure its getting through any routers you may be using. You should see
something like this in a "grep ntp /var/log/messages":
Sep 2 22:30:15 coyote ntpd[4872]: kernel time sync status 0040
Sep 2 22:30:16 coyote ntpd[4872]: frequency initialized 158.069 PPM
from /var/lib/ntp/drift
Sep 2 22:33:28 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 2 22:33:28 coyote ntpd[4872]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
Sep 2 23:38:39 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 2 23:44:01 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 3 00:45:28 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 3 00:54:08 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 6 04:51:26 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 6 07:26:48 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 6 08:50:32 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 6 14:15:46 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 6 22:30:11 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 7 01:04:31 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
--
Cheers, Gene
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