On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 12:43:28AM +0000, Amit wrote: > Have a minimal debian system and installed ntpdate. Time seems to be set > correctly but getting these messages: > > $ journalctl -b | grep ntp > Apr 17 17:36:22 test ntpdate[709]: Can't find host 0.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Apr 17 17:36:22 test ntpdate[709]: Can't find host 1.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Apr 17 17:36:22 test ntpdate[709]: Can't find host 2.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Apr 17 17:36:22 test ntpdate[709]: Can't find host 3.debian.pool.ntp.org: > Name or service not known (-2) > Apr 17 17:36:22 test ntpdate[709]: no servers can be used, exiting > Apr 17 17:36:45 test ntpdate[1148]: adjust time server 64.113.32.5 offset > 0.017320 sec > Apr 17 17:37:01 test ntpdate[1362]: adjust time server 64.113.32.5 offset > 0.012608 sec > > Is this normal?
It appears that your machine's NTP requests are blocked. Is the machine connected to the internet, and is there a NAT/firewall that may block some protocols? Kumar -- Not only Guinness - Linux is good for you, too. -- Banzai on IRC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140418004716.GB3350@odessa