Never mind: was Re: Why won't NTP synchronize?

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I'd been doing without NTP for months and months.  Sending this email
caused me to fool with it a bit more, and the solution emerged:
I hadn't realized that the "restrict" command requires a host IP
number, and that a hostname will not do.  Accordingly, all servers
were getting the default treatment, rendering them useless.

I put in host IP numbers, and all is well.  Sorry to bother you.

++ kevin



On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

> I've been trying to get NTP (Network Time Protocol) working on my
> home machine.  I had it before, but I just can't get it working
> since I upgraded some time ago to RH 7.3.  The odd thing is that
> I have 7.3 using NTP at work....
> 
> Anyway, I have servers configured in /etc/ntp.conf, and I can
> start the ntpd daemon using /etc/rc.d/init.d/ntpd
> 
> Then I get this status from "ntpq -p", and it never changes, nor
> does the time get updated (I've obscured the server names and IPs):
> 
> [root at treat init.d]# ntpq -p
>      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
> ==============================================================================
> *LOCAL(0)        LOCAL(0)        10 l   58   64  377    0.000    0.000   0.015
>  server1         0.0.0.0         16 u    -  128    0    0.000    0.000 4000.00
>  server2         0.0.0.0         16 u    -  128    0    0.000    0.000 4000.00
> [root at treat init.d]#
> 
> 
> Now, I am running a firewall using ipchains, and I've trained it to log
> the NTP packets it lets come in, and I see stuff like
> 
> Dec 28 13:54:05 treat kernel: Packet log: input ACCEPT eth1 PROTO=17 <server1>:123 64.166.164.49:123 L=76 S=0x00 I=43584 F=0x0000 T=48 (#10)
> Dec 28 13:54:07 treat kernel: Packet log: input ACCEPT eth1 PROTO=17 <server2>:123 64.166.164.49:123 L=76 S=0x10 I=64283 F=0x0000 T=47 (#9)
> 
> So I'm getting replies from my servers.  Why am I not getting a time sync?
> 
> ++ kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Dr. Kevin O'Gorman  (805) 756-2986  mailto:kogorman at calpoly.edu
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