time/ntp[d]

[michael]

On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:12 +0100, michael wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 09:14 -0400, Steve wrote:
> > ---- michael <cs at networkingnewsletter.org.uk> wrote: 
> > > It seems my clock is losing time but yet I have 'enable Network Time
> > > Protocol' enabled and set to a local time machine. If I
> > > 
> > > 	sudo /etc/init.d/ntpd stop
> > > 	sudo /usr/sbin/ntpdate 130.88.200.6
> > > 
> > > then it resets it to the correct time, so how come it's losing time? 
> > > 
> > > I was expecting to see stats in /var/log/ntpstats (as per my Debian box)
> > > but that dir doesn't exist on this Fed box...
> > > 
> > > Any ideas folks? Ta, M
> > 
> > Check the options in your ntpd command. From the man page:
> > -s statsdir
> >                Specify the directory path for files created by the statistics facility. This is the same operation as the statsdir statsdir configuration command.
> > 
> > In my F9 setup, ntpd runs like this: 
> > # ps -ef | grep ntpd
> > ntp       3350     1  0 08:59 ?        00:00:00 ntpd -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g
> > 
> > ie no -s option do I don't see any stats in /var/log/ntpstats either. You can change the options by editing /etc/sysconfig/ntpd
> 
> I don't see '-s' when do that cmd on my Debian box but that does still
> create the ntp stats...
> 
> 
> > While ntpd is running, try ntpq -p from the command line which should tell you which peers ntp is talking to or maybe not talking to.
> > 
> 
> strange:
> 
> mkb at veri:~$ sudo su
> [root at veri mkb]# /usr/sbin/ntpq -p
> /usr/sbin/ntpq: read: Connection refused
> 
> 
> 
> > HTH,
> > Steve
> > 
> > PS. 
> > > 	sudo /etc/init.d/ntpd stop
> > > 	sudo /usr/sbin/ntpdate 130.88.200.6
> > You did retstart ntpd, righ?


I have now ;)

And I get: 

mkb at veri:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/ntpq -p
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
jitter
==============================================================================
 utserv.mcc.ac.u 193.62.22.98     2 u    7   64    1    2.575  348421.
0.001

mkb at veri:~$ 

but not sure what that means....