Ntpdate fails to start

[Tony Molloy]

On Tuesday 09 September 2008 10:04:46 Paul Smith wrote:
> 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

# service NetworkManager status

will tell you if NetworkManager is running


# service network status 

will tell you if the networkservice is running.

You shouldn't have both running.

Try the following and post the results

# ntpq -p


Tony