[PLUG] ntp isn't keeping the clock accurate
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at attbi.com
Fri Apr 11 08:22:02 UTC 2003
On 11 Apr 2003, Mike De La Mater wrote:
> ntpd runs on my RH8.0 workstation, but the time drifts over an hour
> a day.
>
> It starts at boot, is running whenever I check it, but the clock
> varies wildly. I can have it log in manually and it corrects the
> time, but it won't do it automagically.
Your ntpd is probably not syncing to a remote clock. Run ntpdc and
type 'peers' at the prompt, e.g.,
[heinlein at pecos heinlein]$ ntpdc
ntpdc> peers
remote local st poll reach delay offset disp
=======================================================================
=LOCAL(0) 127.0.0.1 10 64 377 0.00000 0.000000 0.00095
*caesar.cs.wisc. 10.58.11.14 2 1024 377 0.07771 0.009911 0.01483
=br3.umtnet.umt. 10.58.11.14 2 1024 377 0.07413 -0.006702 0.01483
If all you see is the LOCAL peers, then you're not in touch with any
remote servers.
--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>
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