Ntpdate fails to start

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 1:06 PM,  <edwardspl at ita.org.mo> wrote:
> 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?

Sorry, Edward, I cannot understand what you mean. Could you please
elaborate a bit further upon it?

Paul