The dhclient-script in Red Hat 8.0 is broken. It defaults to "ignore"
instead of "nomodify" when generating /etc/ntp.conf from DHCP data. It
took me a while to figure out why ntp was not synchronizing; here's the
patch.
*** /sbin/dhclient-script 2002-08-28 10:26:48.000000000 -0700
--- /sbin/dhclient-script 2002-10-24 23:02:09.000000000 -0700
***************
*** 147,153 ****
if [ -n "$new_ntp_servers" ]; then
cat <<EOF > /etc/ntp.conf
! restrict default ignore
restrict 127.0.0.1
driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
broadcastdelay 0.008
--- 147,153 ----
if [ -n "$new_ntp_servers" ]; then
cat <<EOF > /etc/ntp.conf
! restrict default nomodify
restrict 127.0.0.1
driftfile /etc/ntp/drift
broadcastdelay 0.008
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