Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:02:25 -0400 From: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ntpd - I'm sure I'm setting it up wrong, but I can't figure out how. Message-ID: <80f4f2b20805261002x3a875b36s88dc1ea4b38bca87@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm trying to run ntpd to auto-update my computer's time (since I'm not supposed to use ntpdate). /etc/ntp.conf (I've tried without the restrict line): ======================================== server sushi.lyon.edu restrict default ignore driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift ======================================== I can get ntpdate to work fine with this command: $ sudo ntpdate sushi.lyon.edu I have tried this command (with and without the -g), with no success. If I don't have an /etc/ntp.conf, it complains, and it stops complaining when I put /etc/ntp.conf back where it belongs: $ sudo /usr/sbin/ntpd -q -g -f /var/db/ntpd.drift -l /var/log/ntpd.log The contents of /var/log/ntpd.log: ======================================== 26 May 11:46:43 ntpd[16353]: logging to file /var/log/ntpd.log 26 May 11:46:43 ntpd[16353]: ntpd 4.2.0-a Mon May 12 20:39:20 EDT 2008 (1) 26 May 11:46:43 ntpd[16353]: precision = 1.676 usec 26 May 11:46:43 ntpd[16353]: kernel time sync status 2040 26 May 11:47:04 ntpd[16353]: no reply; clock not set ======================================== To verify from the man page -q update MY time, and exit -g if the time difference is huge, just update, don't complain -f drift file for heuristics so I don't have to update from the net. -l log file I've probably made a stupid mistake, but as far as I can gather from the man pages, a few google searches, etc. This should work fine. Any suggestions? Thanks, -Jim Stapleton
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