Stefan Lambrev wrote: > Hi, > > [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: >> Doug Hardie wrote: >> >>> On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:08, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: >>> >>> >>>> As the subject says, on my 6-stable systems ntpd just sits there and >>>> does >>>> nothing. The logs only mention when the daemon gets started or shut >>>> down. It >>>> complains when servers are not reachable, but does nothing when they >>>> are available. >>>> >>>> The drift file always contains 0.00. >>>> >>>> ntpdate and openntpd both successfully manage to set the time, so I >>>> suppose >>>> it's a problem with ntpd. >>>> >>> Are you on a static IP address? If not, ntpd obtains its IP address >>> when it starts up and uses it forever. If your IP address changes then >>> it will not be able to communicate with the upstream ntp servers. It >>> has to be restarted everytime your IP address changes. >>> >> >> I have a static address. The trouble is it seems to operate fine, only it >> forgets to change the time when it differs from the time servers too >> much. >> Sometimes my clock goes wrong more than 1 second within a day. >> > ntpd will not change time if the difference is too big - I think it > should be less then 1000s. > ntpdate will :) > > Also if you have increased your kernel secure level 2+ : > > In addition, kernel time changes are restricted to less than or > equal to one second. Attempts to change the time by more than > this > will log the message ``Time adjustment clamped to +1 second''. > > So grep for ntpd in /var/log/messages and I'm sure you will find the > problem. > > Other problem that I see is if you are behind NAT/firewall. > Because ntpd make a request and wait for response on different port, so > check your firewall configuration and blocked packets.
My securelevel is -1, even starting with an accurate clock ntpd just slowly lets it drift away. I'm behind a 2 NATs, one of which I have no access to. However openntpd and ntpdate don't seem to be troubled by this. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
