Ntpdate fails to start

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 9 09:04:46 UTC 2008


On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Do you use NetworkManager to bring your network up?  If so, it's not up
> in time for NTP to do its trick, and will be sort of running
> (freewheeling without synchronising to external servers) and preventing
> ntpdate from being usable.

Thanks, Tim, but how can I check it out?

Paul




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