hi sebastiaan the ntp.conf file is different for your local ntp server vs clients syncing to your local ntp server
kill ntp daemon than kill all the pending ntp jobs.. and restart it and see where the problem is maybe the reason for the failures is in the /var/log/ntpstats or /var/log/* for testing... i'd turn on logfileiny our /etc/ntp.conf ntp wont sync if its more than a few minutes off - each client need to first run "ntpdate -s ntp.chello.nl" you'd want to have more than one ntp server... and probably add a peer ntp server maybe your ipchains is blocking ntp traffic ?? what does ntptrace/ntpdate show for any error messages ?? ntptrace -dv ntp ( checks /etc/ntp.conf ) ntpdate < -v | -q > ntp.your.com have fun alvin http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/NTP .. see server/client conf and docs On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hello, > > I have several computers running ntpd, but on one computer it does not > work. At first, that computer has 4 ntpd processes in stead of 1: > > (output ps aux) > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > root 21748 0.0 38.9 3972 3964 ? SL Jan03 0:26 /usr/sbin/ntpd > root 21749 0.0 38.9 3972 3964 ? SL Jan03 0:03 /usr/sbin/ntpd > root 21750 0.0 38.9 3972 3964 ? SL Jan03 0:27 /usr/sbin/ntpd > root 21751 0.0 1.2 4096 124 ? SL Jan03 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd > > but the worst is that the time is not correctly: 45 minutes ahead of the > correct time. The timezone is set correctley. My /etc/ntp.conf: > # /etc/ntp.conf, configuration for xntpd > > # ntpd will use syslog() if logfile is not defined > #logfile /var/log/ntpd > > driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift > statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/ > > statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats > filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable > filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable > filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable > > server ntp.chello.nl > > > I use this timeserver for different computers, so I guess their time is > correct ;-). > > So, why does it not want to set the correct time? It eats memory. > > Thanks in advance, > Sebastiaan > > > > > -- > NT is the OS of the future. The main engine is the 16-bit Subsystem > (also called MS-DOS Subsystem). Above that, there is the windoze 95/98 > 16-bit Subsystem. Anyone can see that 16+16=32, so windoze NT is a > *real* 32-bit system. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >