[PLUG] ntp, ntpd, ntpdate, ntpd-debian

Mike Connors mconnors1 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 28 01:13:31 UTC 2009


Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> How come it does not work:
>
>  sudo ntpdate -b ntp.ubuntu.com
> 27 Nov 16:54:38 ntpdate[21522]: no server suitable for synchronization found
>
>  sudo ntpdate -b pool.ntp.org
> 27 Nov 16:56:44 ntpdate[21523]: no server suitable for synchronization found
>   

My understanding is that -b option should be used only when calling 
ntpdate from a startup file at boot time and not from the cli. Try 
running it from the cli w/o -b.



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