Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 21:31:14 +0100 From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> To: "Henning, Brian" <B.Henning@navitaire.com>, "Chris" <racerx@makeworld.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: ntpd Message-ID: <20040225203138.A6E4B2B4D6F@mail.evilcoder.org> In-Reply-To: <20040225202921.1CBF519@mail.elvandar.org>
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Your socket is in use since your ntp deamon wants to synchronise first, using the sockets you can use. Wait a bit and the drift file will also be filled i'd guess. Cheers -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder Elvandar.org/DSINet.org www.mostly-harmless.nl Dutch community for helping newcomers on the hackerscene mrtg.grunn.org Dutch mirror of MRTG -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]Namens Henning, Brian Verzonden: woensdag 25 februari 2004 21:25 Aan: Chris; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Onderwerp: RE: ntpd Chris, I am trying to use the same setup as you have to get ntpd working. touch /var/db/ntpd.drift In my rc.conf file I have to use the following xntpd_enable="YES" xntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd" xntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf" xntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift" These didn't work for some reason. ntpd_enable="YES" ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd" ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf" ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift" I am able to get the server started but, I still get the two error messages in my log file. kernel time discipline status 2040 Un-parsable frequency in /var/db/ntpd.drift Is this because I have to let the server sit for a couple of hours to sync with. server time.nist.gov server timekeeper.isi.edu When I type: ntpdate -u time.nist.gov #my system clock is updated When I type: ntpdate time.nist.gov 25 Feb 14:22:32 ntpdate[254]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting Any thoughts, brian -----Original Message----- From: Chris [mailto:racerx@makeworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpd On Wednesday 25 February 2004 12:33 pm, Brian H wrote: > Greetings: > I am trying to setup my bsd box as a ntp server. > I basically want all machines on my local network to > sync times with this bsd time server. I start the server > with the command `ntpd -A -l /var/log/ntpd.log`. I verify that the > server is running with ps and `netstat -na | grep udp`, but when I > look in the logs i see the following > > /var/log/ntpd.log > ---- > ntpd 4.1.0-a Mon Oct 27 14:55:18 GMT 2003 (1) > kernel time discipline status 2040 > Un-parsable frequency in /etc/ntp.drift > > > Any thoughts on what I can do to get this server working. when i try > to sync from another machine on the network I get the following error: > no servers can be used, exiting. > > Thanks, > > Brian My /etc/rc.conf looks like this - Compare it to yours. ntpd_enable="YES" ntpd_program="/usr/sbin/ntpd" ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf" ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntpd.drift" Perhaps touch ntpd.drift in /var/db/ ? -- Best regards, Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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