NTP Problems Redux

[Stephen Carville]

On Mon April 11 2005 9:55 am, Gavin McDonald wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> So several weeks ago, I asked for some help with an NTP problem I am
> having. I have tried the suggestions provided, and have progressed further,
> but still have not had much luck.
>
> With this in my ntp.conf file,
> # grep -v ^$ /etc/ntp.conf |grep -v ^#
> restrict default nomodify
> server 0.ca.pool.ntp.org
> server 1.ca.pool.ntp.org
> server 2.ca.pool.ntp.org
> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift
> broadcastdelay  0.008
> authenticate no
> keys            /etc/ntp/keys

Try removing the 'keys' entry

Here is my ntp.conf file:

restrict default nomodify notrap noquery
restrict 127.0.0.1
restrict 192.168.124.0 mask 255.255.255.0 notrust nomodify notrap
server  127.127.1.0     # local clock
fudge   127.127.1.0 stratum 10
server  tick.ucla.edu
server  time.berkeley.netdot.net
server  ntp.ucsd.edu
driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
broadcastdelay  0.008
authenticate no

> I stop the ntpd service, and run ntpdate to check the configs:
> # ntpdate
> 11 Apr 09:52:36 ntpdate[31314]: no servers can be used, exiting

AFIK this is normal but misleading.  You did not specify a server and ntpdate 
does not default to anything.

> But If I manually specify the servers, it works fine.
> # ntpdate 0.ca.pool.ntp.org 1.ca.pool.ntp.org 2.ca.pool.ntp.org
> 11 Apr 09:52:49 ntpdate[31316]: adjust time server 142.179.100.217 offset
> 0.0177 63 sec
>
> Removing the "restrict default nomodify" has no effect either.  What am I
> doing wrong?  Also, I have tried ntpdate -d -v and no further info is
> returned.
>
> Regards,
> Gavin.

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