NTP between linux and Solaris 10

[Alfred Hovdestad]

Check your /etc/init.d/ntpd.  RHEL 4 and RHEL 5 should be using 
/etc/ntp.conf:

ntpconf=/etc/ntp.conf


Alfred Hovdestad
University of Saskatchewan



Paul Whitney wrote:
>  
> I am trying to sync up a few RH Linux clients to a Solaris NTP Server.
> The Solaris server gets it's time from a Windows Domain Controller, and
> it seems to sync up fine. The Linux clients, however, won't sync.
> 
> On the client, I get the following results:
> 
> #ntpstat
> unsychronised
> time server re-starting
> polling server every 64 s
> 
> ntpq> peers
> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 192.168.40.41 {windowsdcip} 2 u 37 64 0377 0,208 9.661 1.782
> 
> 
> ntpq> associations
> ind assID status conf reach auth condition last_event cnt
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1 41500 9034 yes yes none reject reachable 3
> 
> 
> #date
> Wed Jun 18 16:01:24 UTC 2008
> 
> #more /etc/ntp.conf
> server 192.168.40.41
> driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift
> 
> #ntpq>rv
> assID=0 status=c011 sync_alarm, sync_unspec, 1 event, event_restart,
> version="ntpd 4.2.0a at 1.1190-r Tue Oct 5 04:11:32 EDT 2006 (1)"?,
> processor="i686", system="Linux/2.6.9-67.0.1.ELsmp", leap=11,
> stratum=16, precision=15, rootdelay=0.000, rootdispersion=53.280,
> peer=0, refid=INIT,
> reftime=00000000.00000000 Thu Feb 7 2036 6:28:16.000, poll=6,
> clock=0xcc03a8c3.0e2584f4, state=1, offset-0.000, frequency=0.000,
> noise=0.031, jitter=0.031, stability=0.000
> 
> 
> On the Solaris server, I get the following stats:
> 
> #date
> Wed Jun 18 11:57;11 EDT 2008
> 
> #ntptrace
> localhost: stratum 2, offset 0.000041, 
> [servername.domain]: stratum 1, offset 0.007950, sync distance 10.755,
> refid 'LOCL'
> 
> #more /etc/inet/ntp.conf
> server [ip address]
> broadcast 224.0.1.1 ttl 4
> enable auth monitor
> driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
> statsdir /var/ntp/ntpstats
> 
> ntpq> peers
> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #[windowsdc] .LOCL. 1 u 106 256 377 1.46 7.916 9.11
> 224.0.1.1 0.0.0.0 16 - - 64 0 0.00 0.00 16000.0
> 
> 
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
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