I have tried the suggestions in the multiple replies and my server (RedHat 5.2) still will not correct its time. After 14+ hours it was over 28 minutes behind.
I have a second server running fedora core 6, and from what I can see, the configuration of ntp is the same and its time is always spot on. I ended up creating a cron job that runs ntpdate -u every hour and that works. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Evandro Menezes Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] ntp not updating the time I'd suggest soem sanity changes to the configuration file: > 31 # Undisciplined Local Clock. This is a fake driver intended for backup > 32 # and when no outside source of synchronized time is available. > 33 server 127.127.1.0 # local clock > 34 fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 Remove these lines. Using your own host time as time reference for itself doesn't make sense in most situations. > 36 # Drift file. Put this in a directory which the daemon can write to. > 37 # No symbolic links allowed, either, since the daemon updates the file > 38 # by creating a temporary in the same directory and then rename()'ing > 39 # it to the file. > 40 driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift Sometimes, while playing with NTP configuration, you may end up with a bad driftfile. Stop NTP, delete /var/lib/ntp/drift and start NTP again. HTH _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
