Re: ntp daemon.
On 1/18/2012 11:22 AM, Joey L wrote:
> I have installed ntp server on my debian box.
> I am trying to sync with a public external time server.
> I have found a couple on the internet - but none seem to want to sync
> with me or my ntp daemon does not want to do it.
>
> I have entered the following in my /etc/ntp.conf file:
>
> server 0.us.pool.ntp.org
> server 1.us.pool.ntp.org
> server 2.us.pool.ntp.org
> server 3.us.pool.ntp.org
>
> I ran ntpdate and I get this error message -
> 18 Jan 12:43:23 ntpdate[26430]: no servers can be used, exiting
ntpdate doesn't use ntp.conf. It is a completely unrelated command.
'man ntpdate' Sample usage:
$ ntpdate -q 0.us.pool.ntp.org
To see what ntpd is doing:
$ grep ntpd /var/log/syslog
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Stan
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