Re: [suse-sparc] ntp

[Nick Thompson]

Title: ntp

As a point of reference, start out with some known good, public time servers:   server  clock.psu.edu #server nist1.aol-va.truetime.com       DNS fails on this one so IP is below server  205.188.185.33 server  tick.uh.edu These work for me.   Next, restart the ntp daemon and give it an hour to work. It queries the servers rapidly during the first hour and then less often once the drift is better calculated.   [root@firewall n820131]# ntpq ntpq> peers      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter ============================================================================== *nist1-aol-va.tr .ACTS.           1 u  755 1024  377  278.192   23.846  32.999 +otc2.psu.edu    otc1.psu.edu     2 u  688 1024  377  240.356  -47.237  24.591 +Tick.UH.EDU     .USNO.           1 u  796 1024  177  259.760  -20.105  31.740 Your clock will not be corrected / updated until the first hour passes (at least mine wasn't). And if the clock is WAY off, you should see an error reported in your /var/log/messages and the ntp daemon may quit.   Once you get it working, you can select some new time servers closer to your home location.   ----- Original Message ----- From: Ng, Yatsen To: SuSE Linux Sparc (E-mail) Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:50 AM Subject: [suse-sparc] ntp Hello there, I've edited ntp.conf and I'm able to reach the timeserver fine: ## ## Outside source of synchronized time ## server xx.xx.xx.xx                # IP address of server   ## ## Miscellaneous stuff ##   driftfile /etc/ntp.drift        # path for drift file The daemon is running: [spawn:~]# ps -ef | egrep ntp root      1523     1  0 10:57 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd However, I think I'm definitely missing something, since the time isn't in sync. Extra info: [spawn:~]# ntpq ntpq> peers      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter ==============================================================================  bogus-131313-TS. 0.0.0.0         16 u    -   64    0    0.000    0.000 4000.00 Can anyone offer some insight? Thanks, -- Mr. Yatsen Ng                                         UNIX Systems Administrator COVISINT Boeing Ave. 333 1119 PH SCHIPHOL-RIJK The Netherlands mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile +31622994890   "If you are going through hell, keep going."         -- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)