ntp

Mon Feb 27 22:14:04 UTC 2012

Patrick Dupre wrote:
> My machine (fedora 16) does not synchronize its time.
> ntpd is running, but ntpdate 0.fedora.pool.ntp.org
> generate an error:
> 27 Feb 21:44:29 ntpdate[3184]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting

Is chrony running?

$ systemctl status chrony.service

If it is, you cannot run ntp and chrony at the same time.

ntp has been deprecated in favor of chrony in Fedora 16.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ChronyDefaultNTP