I just went back and installed xntp3 on the server and life is good. I have no idea why xntp3 stopped being bundled and was replaced with, what IMHO, is an inferior ntp package. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Cheers, -Charlie Bill Kenworthy said: > Isnt ntpdate just a client like rdate? You need ntpd runnung. try > "service ntpd start" and see what happens. > > # rpm -qa|grep ntp > ntp-4.1.0-1mdk > # > > ntpd (and ntpdate) are part of the above package. Usage is the same as > xntpd (and seem so similar it may just be a rename?) > > BillK > > On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 06:06, Charlie Bebber wrote: >> This is a multi-part message in MIME format... >> >> ------------=_1007244412-31033-738 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> >> >> I had this working many moons ago, but with new upgrades/installs, >> it's all been lost and I can't remember what I did (but I know it's >> not that hard -- that's why it's driving me crazy). >> >> So here's what I've got going on: >> >> - ntp installed on all of my machines >> - ntp configured on fileserver to sync to external time server >> (doesn't stay synced, however). >> - ntp configured on remaining nodes to sync with fileserver who is >> supposed to allow that >> >> But what's happening is that the ntp on the fileserver will start up, >> sync with the external time server, but down the line, the time begins >> to drift and according to my syslog, there were never any more >> attempts to keep time synced (ntp-4.1.0-1mdk installed on every one >> of them). >> >> And on the local clients, in my /etc/ntp.conf, I've got 10.1.1.3 (the >> IP for the fileserver) set for the server. That never worked so I >> stuck it in my /etc/ntp/step-tickers and still, no love. Here's what >> I get: >> >> ntpdate[13387]: no server suitable for synchronization found >> >> I portscanned the fileserver and 123 isn't even open (shouldn't it be >> listening on that port?). When I do a 'ps auxw |grep ntp' on the >> fileserver, all I've got is 'ntp -A'. Should there be anything else >> in order to allow other nodes to sync? >> >> So what am I missing here? I'm all out of ideas. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -Charlie >> -- >> GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 >> 53CE >> >> >> >> >> ------------=_1007244412-31033-738 >> Content-Type: application/DEFANGED-5660; >> name="message_footer.DEFANGED-5660" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> Content-Disposition: inline; filename="message_footer.DEFANGED-5660" >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> >> ------------=_1007244412-31033-738 >> Content-Type: text/sanitizer-log; charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="sanitizer.log" >> >> This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially >> dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following >> log describes which actions were taken. >> >> Sanitizer (start="1007244845"): >> Part (pos="2271"): >> SanitizeFile (filename="unnamed.txt", mimetype="text/plain"): >> Match (rule="2"): >> Enforced policy: accept >> >> Part (pos="3800"): >> SanitizeFile (filename="message.footer", mimetype="text/plain"): >> Match (rule="default"): >> Enforced policy: defang >> >> Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-5660 >> Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-5660 >> >> Total modifications so far: 1 >> >> >> Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm >> $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.32 2001/10/11 19:27:15 bre Exp $ >> >> ------------=_1007244412-31033-738-- -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE
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