On 2011-12-15, sirgad <[email protected]> wrote:

> NTPD 4.2.6.p2 on Ubuntu 11.10 Kernel 3.0.0-13-server. Connection to
> the web is up and functioning fine.

NTP does not use "the web".

> UFW (firewall) is enabled but not blocking outgoing connections.
> ntp.conf is as follows (only non- default settings are shown):

We don't know that the "default settings" are for your OS.

> ## The named entries are all Stratum Two servers taken from here:
> ## http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers
> ## The pool entries are all taken from here:
> ## http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/uk
> server ntp.cis.strath.ac.uk iburst #Glasgow
> server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org #UK Pool Entry 1
> server ntp2b.mcc.ac.uk #Manchester
> server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org #UK Pool Entry 2
> server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org #UK Pool Entry 3

You should also have a driftfile line.

> According to the walkthrough I'm following (http://ubuntuforums.org/
> showthread.php?t=862620), this indicates I'm not properly
> synchronized. Despite waiting several hours,all syslog actually
> reports is this:

You should contact the author of that walkthough as it contains
misleading information.

ntpq is the preferred diagnotic tool for monitoring ntpd status.

> Running ntpq -c reports the following:
>
> remote           refid  st t when poll reach   delay offset  jitter
>====================================================================
> *ntp1.cis.strath 193.6   2 u   65  128  377   33.158  0.273  28.907
> +fifi.v4.colo.m. 194.1   2 u   54  128  377   15.933 -6.764  27.869
> +dir.mcc.ac.uk   194.6   2 u  111  128  377   28.767  6.354  32.016
> +scarlett.lon.re 216.22  2 u  116  128  377   28.055  0.359  55.242
> +resntp-a-vip.lo 77.75   3 u  113  128  377   20.382 -0.889  24.030
> +europium.canoni 193.7   2 u  116  128  377   23.073> 0.024  15.896

The server indicated with the '*' at the beginning of the line is the
"sys_peer" (the time source you are "synced" to).

The servers with a '+' at the beginning of the line are candidates for
'*'.

This ntpd is "synced".

> The IRC channel is dead so no help there.

People may be asleep or away from their computers ...

-- 
Steve Kostecke <[email protected]>
NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/

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