Send us the result of
# ntpdate -d -v clock.redhat.com

Mine goes something like this
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#  ntpdate -d -v intrepid.infotainment.com.au
17 Nov 18:57:24 ntpdate[13817]: ntpdate [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 13 
12:17:20 EST 2003 (1)
transmit(202.68.163.53)
receive(202.68.163.53)
transmit(202.68.163.53)
receive(202.68.163.53)
transmit(202.68.163.53)
receive(202.68.163.53)
transmit(202.68.163.53)
receive(202.68.163.53)
transmit(202.68.163.53)
server 202.68.163.53, port 123
stratum 3, precision -17, leap 00, trust 000
refid [203.2.192.124], delay 0.03094, dispersion 0.00002
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    c362fab5.d4ac0831  Mon, Nov 17 2003 18:43:49.830
originate timestamp: c362fde4.40abe6a3  Mon, Nov 17 2003 18:57:24.252
transmit timestamp:  c362fde4.42506141  Mon, Nov 17 2003 18:57:24.259
filter delay:  0.03123  0.03094  0.03098  0.03096
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
filter offset: -0.00921 -0.00916 -0.00918 -0.00912
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.03094, dispersion 0.00002
offset -0.009161
 
17 Nov 18:57:24 ntpdate[13817]: adjust time server 202.68.163.53 offset 
-0.009161 sec

Oh and yes it's firewalled so you can't use that one. For me external NTP 
servers are firewalled and here's what I got:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#  ntpdate -d -v clock.redhat.com
17 Nov 18:56:25 ntpdate[13808]: ntpdate [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Feb 13 
12:17:20 EST 2003 (1)
transmit(66.187.233.4)
transmit(66.187.233.4)
transmit(66.187.233.4)
transmit(66.187.233.4)
transmit(66.187.233.4)
66.187.233.4: Server dropped: no data
server 66.187.233.4, port 123
stratum 0, precision 0, leap 00, trust 000
refid [0.0.0.0], delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
transmitted 4, in filter 4
reference time:    00000000.00000000  Thu, Feb  7 2036 17:28:16.000
originate timestamp: 00000000.00000000  Thu, Feb  7 2036 17:28:16.000
transmit timestamp:  c362fdac.e6611772  Mon, Nov 17 2003 18:56:28.899
filter delay:  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
         0.00000  0.00000  0.00000  0.00000
filter offset: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
         0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
delay 0.00000, dispersion 64.00000
offset 0.000000
 
17 Nov 18:56:29 ntpdate[13808]: no server suitable for synchronization 
found


On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Voytek wrote:

> I'm still struggling with the ntpd, the firwall has been (supposedly ?) opened to
> allow my server port 123 traffic, but, I get this:
> 
> # ntpdate clock.redhat.com
> 17 Nov 17:35:34 ntpdate[22454]: no server suitable for synchronization found
> 
> I can not see anything rwong in /var/log/messages
> 
> after starting ntpd, 'messages' has:
> 
> Nov 17 17:38:49 koala ntpd[22490]: ntpd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr  8 06:30:52 EDT 
> 2002
>  (1)
> Nov 17 17:38:49 koala ntpd: ntpd startup succeeded
> Nov 17 17:38:49 koala ntpd[22490]: precision = 9 usec
> Nov 17 17:38:49 koala ntpd[22490]: kernel time discipline status 0040
> Nov 17 17:38:49 koala ntpd[22490]: frequency initialized 0.000 from /etc/ntp/dri
> ft
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# telnet clock.redhat.com 123
> Trying 66.187.233.4...
> 
> my ipchains has:
> 
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 ntp -p tcp -y -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 443 -p tcp -y -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 110 -p tcp -y -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 25 -p tcp -y -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 80 -p tcp -y -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 21 -p tcp -y -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 22 -p tcp -y -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 67:68 -d 0/0 67:68 -p udp -i eth0 -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 67:68 -d 0/0 67:68 -p udp -i eth1 -j ACCEPT
> -A input -s 0/0 -d 0/0 -i lo -j ACCEPT
> -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 0:1023 -y -j REJECT
> -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 2049 -y -j REJECT
> -A input -p udp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 0:1023 -j REJECT
> -A input -p udp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 2049 -j REJECT
> -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 6000:6009 -y -j REJECT
> -A input -p tcp -s 0/0 -d 0/0 7100 -y -j REJECT
> 
> am I blocking it myself ? ?
> 
> 
> 
> Voytek Eymont
> 

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