Shelby Westman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am a relatively new freeBSD user. The problem I describe below happens on > both a 5.4 install and a 6.0 RC1 install. > > Right after installing the OS, I enable ntpd in rc.conf, and setup a simple > config file in /etc/ntp.conf. When I reboot, I get this message: > > Oct 22 10:40:57 alter ntpd[392]: ntpd 4.2.0-a Sun Oct 9 18:33:33 UTC 2005 > (1) > Oct 22 10:40:57 alter ntpd[392]: bind() fd 6, family 28, port 123, addr > fe80:1::202:55ff:fe58:2957, in6_is_addr_multicast=0 flags=0 fails: Can't > assign requested address > > Then ntpd does not synchronize the time. I set the clock manually (using > date) five minutes ahead to check and in fact it does not get adjusted. > > I have tried all sorts of things. I tried assigning numeric addresses rather > than host names in the config file. I tried enabling ipv6 in sysinstall. > This machine does have a good route to the internet - I can use nslookup to > resolve host names, so I know the networking is working. > > Below I have quoted the ntp.conf. The log file is empty - nothing is being > written there. > > Does anyone have any ideas? I am stumped... thanks for your help. > > Shelby > > __________________ > > config file as it stands now... > > logfile /var/log/ntpd.log > > # deny-by-default policy > restrict default ignore > > #server -4 ntp-2.ece.cmu.edu <http://ntp-2.ece.cmu.edu> > #server -4 ticker.cis.sac.accd.edu <http://ticker.cis.sac.accd.edu> > #server -4 lain.ziaspace.com <http://lain.ziaspace.com> > #server -4 ntp1.linuxmedialabs.com <http://ntp1.linuxmedialabs.com> > server 17.254.0.31 <http://17.254.0.31> > > driftfile /var/spool/ntp.drift
You're probably running into problems with your restrict clause, but I'm not sure what offhand. Use the "-d" flag to ntpd (or more than one) to get more information on what it thinks the problem is. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
