On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Mike Connors <[email protected]> wrote:
> Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>> Immediately running it with just -b fails!
>>
>> pare...@r2d4:~$ sudo ntpdate -b 0.us.pool.ntp.org
>> 27 Nov 19:23:05 ntpdate[26093]: no server suitable for synchronization found
>> pare...@r2d4:~$
>>
>>  -d and -v  are debug and verbose.  Why would that work?
> Hmm, I think there is firewall somewhere blocking udp 123.  There's also
> a -u option to use an unprivileged port for outgoing packets.
> Apparently, when you invoke debugging mode ntpdate always uses an
> unprivileged port.

That is it.  Thanks so much for the help.  Now I want to find out
where the firewall is.  It could only be my dsl modem or my isp.

-Denis
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