The real problem may be in script /usr/sbin/ntpdate-debian: this line NTPSERVERS=$(sed -rne 's/^(servers?|peer) ([-_.:[:alnum:]]+).*$/\2/p' "$file" ...
could not correctly parsed file below: /etc/ntp.conf: restrict -6 default ignore restrict -4 default ignore restrict -6 ::1 nomodify notrap nopeer kod restrict -4 127.0.0.1 mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap nopeer kod server -6 ntp.ipv6.my-domain.tld prefer minpoll 7 maxpoll 14 restrict -6 ntp.ipv6.my-domain.tld nomodify notrap nopeer kod server -4 ntp.my-domain.tld minpoll 7 maxpoll 14 restrict -4 ntp.my-domain.tld mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap nopeer kod driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift logfile /var/log/ntp.log 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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/722133 Title: ntpdate script doesn't load configuration file -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs