Re: how to set correct time?
Thanks. Opening up the port was exactly what I needed.
Odd that query doesn't require the port, but actually setting the time does.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 02:17:11PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:58:21AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > I installed ntpdate and can get the time when I query, but any time I
> > try to set the time I get the error
> > 20 Apr 10:45:07 ntpdate[13883]: no server suitable for synchronization
> > found
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions how to get this to work? Possibly
> > relevant facts: Debian woody, 2.4.2 kernel, iptables firewalling, my
> > system clock is set to local time (I dual boot with other OSs), and
> > I'm pretty sure my startup and shutdown routines sync with the
> > hardware clock. I was running as root, using a dialup connection.
>
> if your firewalling you need to open udp port 123 to incoming
> connections. even for ntpdate in my experience.
>
> --
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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