On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 02:32, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Ian Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:54, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Ian Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > I've just realised I'm not running a name server at all on my 5.3 > > > > system. I have 4.9 installed on this computer too & I'd set up the > > > > caching server on it, I guess I forgot that step when I installed > > > > 5.3. > > > > I'll set it up & see that makes any difference. > > > > > > Make sure to switch to using domain names that aren't in use by other > > > people... > > > > > > [A common convention is to use ".lan" or ".local" as the top-level > > > domain if you are using non-public domain names.] > > > > Thanks, I hadn't thought of using a non-existant top level domain. I've > > changed the hostname to daemon.foo.lan and now localhost.foo.lan resolves > > to 127.0.0.1 as it should. > > Unfortunately, I still get the same response form ntpq: > > daemon:~ % sudo ntpq -p > > ntpq: write to localhost.foo.lan failed: Permission denied > > Even with my firewall disabled I get this response. > > What about "ntpq -pn"?
No, I get the same response from that too. Cheers, -- Ian GPG Key: http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/imoore/imoore.asc
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