Fedora 7: a problem with ntp ?
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sat Sep 8 08:29:27 UTC 2007
On Saturday 08 September 2007, Andrew Junev wrote:
>Saturday, September 8, 2007, 12:30:07 AM, you wrote:
>> Ok, final push. Edit /etc/sysconfig/ntpd and add "-x" to the OPTIONS
>> line:
>>
>> # Drop root to id 'ntp:ntp' by default.
>> OPTIONS="-x -u ntp:ntp -p /var/run/ntpd.pid"
>> ^^
>> Add there
>>
>> Finally, do "service ntpd restart" and it should fire up.
>
>I just did all that. No luck... :-(
>
>Sep 8 11:33:50 frontend ntpd[4118]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
>Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpdate[5868]: step time server 66.187.233.4 offset
> -521.560811 sec
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5870]: ntpd 4.2.4p2 at 1.1495-o
> Tue Aug 21 14:07:56 UTC 2007 (1)
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: precision = 2.000 usec
>Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard,
> 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on
> interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123
Enabled
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #3 eth0,
fe80::230:5ff:fe22:857#123
> Enabled
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #4 lo,
> 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: Listening on interface #5 eth0,
172.23.0.133#123 Enabled
> Sep 8 11:25:13 frontend ntpd[5871]: kernel time sync status 0040
> Sep 8 11:25:14 frontend ntpd[5871]: frequency initialized 0.000 PPM from
> /var/lib/ntp/drift
>
>ntpd is still not syncing...
>
>What else can I do?!
Are you using pool.ntp.org as the src? Can you ping them, getting an
apparently random address selection out of a dozen or so choices?
Make sure its getting through any routers you may be using. You should see
something like this in a "grep ntp /var/log/messages":
Sep 2 22:30:15 coyote ntpd[4872]: kernel time sync status 0040
Sep 2 22:30:16 coyote ntpd[4872]: frequency initialized 158.069 PPM
from /var/lib/ntp/drift
Sep 2 22:33:28 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 2 22:33:28 coyote ntpd[4872]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
Sep 2 23:38:39 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 2 23:44:01 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 3 00:45:28 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 3 00:54:08 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 6 04:51:26 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 6 07:26:48 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 6 08:50:32 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 6 14:15:46 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
Sep 6 22:30:11 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 192.87.106.2, stratum 1
Sep 7 01:04:31 coyote ntpd[4872]: synchronized to 198.60.22.240, stratum 1
--
Cheers, Gene
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