Maybe it's me, but I experienced a few problems with the BLFS ntp.conf file :
This is a transcript of my dameon.log : May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: ntpd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 14 02:55:25 UTC 2008 (1) May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: precision = 1.000 usec May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: ntp_io: estimated max descriptors: 1024, initial socket boundary: 16 May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: Listening on interface #0 wildcard, 0.0.0.0#123 Disabled May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: Listening on interface #1 wildcard, ::#123 Disabled May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: Listening on interface #2 lo, ::1#123 Enabled May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: Listening on interface #3 eth0, fe80::216:17ff:fef1:f0e0#123 Enabled May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: Listening on interface #4 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: Listening on interface #5 eth0, 192.168.10.4#123 Enabled May 2 22:34:09 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: kernel time sync status 0040 May 2 22:34:10 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'tock.nml.csir.co.za/AAAA/IN': 196.26.5.8#53 May 2 22:34:10 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'tock.nml.csir.co.za/AAAA/IN': 196.4.160.3#53 May 2 22:34:20 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'ns-1.csir.co.za/AAAA/IN': 196.26.5.8#53 May 2 22:34:20 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'ns-2.csir.co.za/AAAA/IN': 196.26.5.8#53 May 2 22:34:20 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'tock.nml.csir.co.za/A/IN': 196.26.5.8#53 May 2 22:34:21 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'ns-1.csir.co.za/AAAA/IN': 196.4.160.3#53 May 2 22:34:21 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'ns-2.csir.co.za/AAAA/IN': 196.4.160.3#53 May 2 22:34:21 agecanonix named[2505]: unexpected RCODE (SERVFAIL) resolving 'tock.nml.csir.co.za/A/IN': 196.4.160.3#53 May 2 22:34:29 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: frequency initialized 0.000 PPM from /var/cache/ntp.drift May 2 22:34:41 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: synchronized to 203.158.111.32, stratum 2 May 2 22:34:41 agecanonix ntpd[4854]: time slew -0.003164 s May 2 22:34:49 agecanonix ntpd_initres[4855]: parent died before we finished, exiting And sometimes (not allways) ntpd does not start, or stops without clear reason. I changed the file a bit (consulting the http://www.pool.ntp.org/ link mentionned in the book) : # France server 0.fr.pool.ntp.org server 1.fr.pool.ntp.org server 2.fr.pool.ntp.org server 3.fr.pool.ntp.org # Europe server europe.pool.ntp.org driftfile /var/cache/ntp.drift pidfile /var/run/ntpd.pid Now it seems to work for me, but of course it's not good enough for everyone. Did I miss something ? \bye -- Nicolas FRANCOIS | /\ http://nicolas.francois.free.fr | |__| X--/\\ We are the Micro$oft. _\_V Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. darthvader penguin -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
