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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:31:28 -0500
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Subject: Re: Ntpd error msg
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At 11:15 7/8/2005, Shawn Wall wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>I've just installed a new 5.3 server and I have setup ntpd. When I start=
 the
>daemon I get this error msg:
>
>	Wintermute ntpd[512]: Frequency format error in /var/db/ntpd.drift
>
>Here is my ntp.conf:
>
>Driftfile /var/db/ntpd.drift
>
>Server pool.ntp.org
>Server pool.ntp.org
>Server pool.ntp.org
>Server pool.ntp.org
>
>Restrict default ignore
>
>Ntpd.drift is located in /var/db/
>
>Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>shawn

You should be able to zero out the file and it
should be regenerated.

It shouldn't matter, but the drift file is usuallly
named "ntp.drift" and is located in "/etc":
http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/NTP/




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