Hi Liviu, it seems you're only allowed to access web, FTP and rsync services on the Internet through your proxy. Both rsync and NTP use their own ports and protocols, different from HTTP/FTP/rsync. Firstly, you need a proxy server (or some other form of tunnel) that will allow for rdate/NTP traffic between your computer and Internet.
Secondly, you have to configure rdate/NTP to make use of the proxy, but AFAIK there's nothing like ntp_proxy or rdate_proxy env. variables these programs would honor. Instead, timeserver proxies are more common in the form of a local timeserver which sync's with an external timesource and offers its services to the local network via standard protocols. You would then sync time using this proxy directly, e.g. "rdate -s timeproxy.localaddress.dom". Try asking around if there's such a service available in your local network. -Roman > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to synchronize the system time with the help of rdate > (openNTPD is on the list in case of failure). I have one problem, > though: I connect to the Internet through a proxy server. I have set > up the necessary environment, but I doubt that rdate listens to it: > > localhost init.d # env | grep -i proxy > http_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > ftp_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > rsync_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > https_proxy=proxy.address.dom:port > > localhost init.d # rdate pool.ntp.org > rdate: couldn't connect to host pool.ntp.org: Connection refused > > Please advise on how to correctly specify the proxy server in the NTP > server address. I am wondering if there is a syntax similar to > proxy.address.dom:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternatively, how can I make > rdate honour the proxy settings? > > Regards, > Liviu -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
