Any idea why I'm frequently seeing my system drift off by over 750 ms ? This system has been running ntpd for weeks without configuration changes. Below is from a few minutes after stuffing ntpdate down its throat (after stopping and restarting ntpd):
# ntpdate -q server 140.99.51.115, stratum 3, offset 0.274883, delay 0.08795 server 72.233.76.194, stratum 3, offset 0.276196, delay 0.04480 server 207.210.74.166, stratum 2, offset 0.276172, delay 0.06688 server 66.250.45.2, stratum 2, offset 0.276772, delay 0.09192 server 64.202.112.65, stratum 2, offset 0.281568, delay 0.07211 10 Aug 09:47:41 ntpdate[16596]: adjust time server 207.210.74.166 offset 0.276172 sec # ntpd --version ntpd - NTP daemon program - Ver. 4.2.4p4 # lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 8.04 # uname -a Linux linux1 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:58:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux # cat /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift -7.300 # cat /etc/ntp.conf driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift server 0.us.pool.ntp.org prefer minpoll 11 maxpoll 13 server 1.us.pool.ntp.org minpoll 12 maxpoll 14 server 2.us.pool.ntp.org minpoll 12 maxpoll 16 server 3.us.pool.ntp.org minpoll 12 maxpoll 17 restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict ::1 _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
