Ntpdate fails to start

[edwardspl at ita.org.mo]

Hello Paul,

Does your server as client ?

Edward.

Paul Smith wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>At booting, ntpdate fails to start, and also the following command fails:
>
># /sbin/service ntpdate start
>ntpdate: Synchronizing with time server:                   [FAILED]
>#
>
>The log messages are:
>
>Sep  7 12:50:50 localhost ntpdate[2908]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Paul
>
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