From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 20 16:55:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E63E5106566B for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lisa@jellico.com) Received: from mail.jellico.com (mail.jellico.com [207.191.185.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D24F8FC15 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lisa@jellico.com) Received: from lisac (lisa.jellico.com [207.191.185.213]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.jellico.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n3KGJ6J3052808 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:19:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lisa@jellico.com) Message-ID: <7AF4EC3FE1B54A2DB854159E1D6D6715@lisac> From: "Lisa Casey" To: Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:19:22 -0400 Organization: jellico.com, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Spam-Score: () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.61 on 207.191.185.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: ntp problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:55:49 -0000 Hi, Running FreeBSD 5.3 IN /etc/ntp.conf I have: server time.nist.gov prefer server tock.gpsclock.com driftfile /etc/ntp.drift logfile /var/log/ntp.log If I run ntpdate from a prompt, I get the following error message: # ntpdate 20 Apr 12:02:08 ntpdate[50109]: no servers can be used, exiting But if I type: ntpdate time.nist.gov it will update the time. Is there something = wrong with my /etc/ntp.conf file? Lisa Casey