Thanks this fixed the rdate problem.
For some reason the router problem required dns server address to be
configured on the router.
david
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, almquist paul wrote:
> rdate uses the Internet Time Protocol, RFC 868 (see www.rfc-editor.org,
> it's only 2 pages long) which runs on port 37.
>
> The service is provided by inetd itself and is listed in /etc/inetd.conf
> as the service named "time" (not "daytime") and the command entry is
> "internal" because it is.
>
> To use the time service uncomment the "time stream ..." entry and do:
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet reload
>
> rdate has 2 options: -p the default, and -s to set the system clock.
>
> The above is based on rhl 6.2. I assume xinetd used in rhl 7.x also
> provides the time service but have not checked into it.
>
> >
> > I am having problem getting xntpd to respond to requests. I cannot find
> > out what is wrong. If I run rdate from another Linux box the response I
> > get back is connection refused. When my routers try and sychronize, they
> > fail as well. xntpd is sychronizing with a remote server.
> >
> > I could not see any configuration required for xntpd to respond to
> > requests. What have I missed?
> >
> >
> > david
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Anthony E . Greene wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:18:31 David Brett wrote:
> > > >As a follow up to this, is there a process for sending the date to devices
> > > >who request it from a Linux?
> > >
> > > If the Linux box is running Samba, it can provide date/time to Windows boxes
> > > that request it using the DOS command:
> > >
> > > net time /set /yes \\SAMBABOX
> > >
> > > I usually put that command in a batch file and put the batch file in the
> > > Startup folder on Windows boxes. That keeps their time from drifting too far
> > > under normal circumstances.
> > >
> > > Any system/device that can use rdate or NTP can get time from a Linux box.
> > > As noted in another post in this thread, NTP requires the installation of
> > > xntpd or equivalent.
> > >
> > > Tony
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