Are you sure the "ntp" package has the NTP *server*, not just the client?
-- Asheesh. On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Charlie Bebber wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format... > > ------------=_1007244412-31033-738 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > I had this working many moons ago, but with new upgrades/installs, it's all > been lost and I can't remember what I did (but I know it's not that hard -- > that's why it's driving me crazy). > > So here's what I've got going on: > > - ntp installed on all of my machines > - ntp configured on fileserver to sync to external time server (doesn't stay > synced, however). > - ntp configured on remaining nodes to sync with fileserver who is supposed > to allow that > > But what's happening is that the ntp on the fileserver will start up, sync > with the external time server, but down the line, the time begins to drift > and according to my syslog, there were never any more attempts to keep time > synced (ntp-4.1.0-1mdk installed on every one of them). > > And on the local clients, in my /etc/ntp.conf, I've got 10.1.1.3 (the IP for > the fileserver) set for the server. That never worked so I stuck it in my > /etc/ntp/step-tickers and still, no love. Here's what I get: > > ntpdate[13387]: no server suitable for synchronization found > > I portscanned the fileserver and 123 isn't even open (shouldn't it be > listening on that port?). When I do a 'ps auxw |grep ntp' on the > fileserver, all I've got is 'ntp -A'. Should there be anything else in > order to allow other nodes to sync? > > So what am I missing here? I'm all out of ideas. > > Thanks in advance, > > -Charlie >
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