Hi Kevin, I'm not sure why we have it in there, as you say it might have been part of the default config in Redhat's EL ntp package. And yep, I don't understand why it's reverting to the LOCAL clock and then just deciding to stick with it until we restart ntp.
Cheers, Stephen -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Oberman [mailto:ober...@es.net] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:00 AM To: Stephen Vaughan Cc: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Local clock - sync issue > From: Stephen Vaughan <stephen.vaug...@blackboard.com> > Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 23:13:47 -0700 > Sender: questions-bounces+oberman=es....@lists.ntp.org > > Hi, > > We're having an issue with an NTPD whereby it's defaulting (or > whatever the correct terminology is) to the LOCAL clock, this is > occurring when one of our servers loses connectivity. We have 4 > server's setup and the local clock is also configured: > > server 127.127.1.0 # local clock > fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 > > ntpq -p output: > > remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter > ============================================================================== > hostname .INIT. 16 u - 1024 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 > hostname .INIT. 16 u - 1024 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 > hostname .INIT. 16 u - 1024 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 > hostname.INIT. 16 u - 1024 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 > *LOCAL(0) .LOCL. 10 l 9 64 377 0.000 0.000 0.001 > > The issue with this is that once it defaults to the LOCAL, it doesn't > sync with an external source again, until we manually restart > ntpd. I'm sure this is something simple, but I'm hoping someone can > assist. Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this! Doctor: Then don't do that. Next patient! Why do you have LOCAL in your ntp.conf? It is almost always a REALLY bad idea because it leaves the clock free-running. It is oft discussed on this list why so many software distributions include LOCAL in the default ntp.conf. They really, really should stop doing it and so should you. The real question is why you are not getting to any of the named servers in ntp.conf. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: ober...@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 This email and any attachments may contain confidential and proprietary information of Blackboard that is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, re-distribution or other use of any of this information is strictly prohibited. Please immediately notify the sender and delete this transmission if you received this email in error. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
