Daniel Norton wrote: > 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
I missed one other point! Add the "iburst" keyword to each of your server statements. This will get you faster startup. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
