Hi, Ray: Thanks. Ooopps, I reported earlier that the kernel was 2.4.18.
It is kernel 2.2.19 from Slackware8.0 on a very old Compaq 80486dx33, 32 Megabytes of RAM, 40 Gigabyte hd, internet access is via aDSL modem, eth1 & eth2 are 3c509s. pppoe is Roaring Penguin v3.5 with firewall option #2, Masquerade. ntpdate 4.0.99k23 Sun Apr 8 15:36:31 PDT 2001 (1) 'ls -l /usr/sbin ntp*' -> all files are dated April 8, 2001. I am assuming that all ntp* files are version 4.0.99k23. :-| Regards, Chuck Ray Olszewski wrote: > > At 06:07 AM 8/2/02 -0400, Chuck Gelm wrote: > >Howdy, Y'all: > > > > I stuck trying to run ntpd. I don't see any updates > >when I run 'ntpq -p'. When I run 'ntpdate host', > >all of the hosts I've tried return > >"[date] : no server suitable for synchronization found" > >What is wrong? > > Well .. the obvious possibilities are > > 1. your system cannot reach the hosts you try I can 'ping' some of the ones listed in the #2 list found in the Time-Precision-Howto. I entered into my '/etc/ntp.conf' the ones I could ping. ;-) > 2. the hosts you try are not ntp servers Duh. They are the ones I found by following the links on the 'Time-Precision-Howto'. :-| Most have 'ntp', 'time', 'tick',... in their host_name. :-| I can provide my 'ntp.conf' if it would help. > 3. your system is behind a firewall that interferes with access > to the ntp port The system is the 'firewall'. Doh! Do I need to allow a port less than 1024? I am running the default rule set of ipchains that RoaringPenguin sets, 'ipchains -L': Chain input (policy ACCEPT): target prot opt source destination ports DENY udp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> 0:1023 DENY tcp ----l- anywhere anywhere any -> 0:1023 DENY tcp -y--l- anywhere anywhere any -> any DENY icmp ----l- anywhere anywhere echo-request Chain forward (policy DENY): target prot opt source destination ports MASQ all ------ anywhere anywhere n/a Chain output (policy ACCEPT): > > Post the details of what you have been trying and we'll try to help you > figure out the exact problem. > > BTW, ntpdate is a different program from ntpd (on Debian systems, it is a > completely separate install from ntpd), so you might want to be a bit more > exact about what ntp package you are trying to run. Also what Linux distro. > > -- > -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------- > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
