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

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Mike Connors <mconnors1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

My understanding is -b forces immediate update of the clock, rather
than a rate adjustment.  It should work from the command line.  But:

sudo ntpdate  pool.ntp.org
27 Nov 17:19:29 ntpdate[22256]: no server suitable for synchronization found

-Denis