Howdy! I have the following lines in my ntp.conf (on Debian Lenny):
server ext-server-1 prefer server ext-server-2 prefer server 127.127.1.1 fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 12 I am running in a situation where one or both of the external servers may not be accessible. This machine is serving as a time server for other Debian servers behind our firewall. I set up the "server 127.127.1.1" line so that in case the external servers are not available, it will sync to itself so that it will always talk to the other clients on our network. When ntpd was started, the external servers were not available, so ntpd sync'd to itself. Now, the external servers have become available, but ntpd hasn't noticed. (It's been a few days.) Is there a way I can tell ntpd to keep checking for the preferred servers? Here is the output of ntpq: $ ntpq -pcrv assID=0 status=0544 leap_none, sync_local_proto, 4 events, event_peer/ strat_chg, version="ntpd [email protected] Sun Nov 22 16:14:34 UTC 2009 (1)", processor="x86_64", system="Linux/2.6.26-2-amd64", leap=00, stratum=13, precision=-20, rootdelay=0.000, rootdispersion=11.015, peer=40390, refid=LOCAL(1), reftime=d210b0f9.3c931f02 Tue, Sep 6 2011 14:47:21.236, poll=10, clock=d210b0ff.5f77289a Tue, Sep 6 2011 14:47:27.372, state=4, offset=0.000, frequency=0.000, jitter=0.001, noise=0.001, stability=0.000, tai=0 remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== *LOCAL(1) .LOCL. 12 l 6 64 377 0.000 0.000 0.001 rds1 10.1.3.2 14 u 538 1024 377 0.148 -0.474 0.065 rds2 10.1.3.2 14 u 892 1024 377 0.138 -1.210 0.099 Thanks!! Seth _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
