On Thu, 2011-01-06 at 14:46 -0600, Dale wrote: > kashani wrote: > > On 1/5/2011 12:04 AM, Thanasis wrote: > >> I think you should prefer openntpd over ntpd, because I think openntpd > >> is developed by openbsd, which means more secure ... > >> > > > > I tried openntp a couple years ago. It was a giant pain in the > > ass. IIRC it was combination of crap defaults, poor docs, and plain > > not working. I think this was over five years ago and doubtfully thing > > have improved, but I definitely wasn't impressed at the time. > > > > kashani > > > > > > It is a basic program for sure. Commands that I used before with ntp > were missing. The plain ntp has a lot more options and more commands > for seeing what is going on while openntp does not have much. > > I think either would work here if I didn't have some underlying issue > somewhere. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Dale, can you post (a sanitised) version of what 'ntpq -p' gives after ntpd has been running for some time, and the sanitised result of 'ntptrace. Also include your full (sanitised) ntp.conf and /etc/conf.d/ntpd. This might help us see more detail of what is happening. BillK * sanitised - obfuscate public IP's only. -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth!