From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 25 12:29:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FED437B400 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.utexas.edu (wb3-a.mail.utexas.edu [128.83.126.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B45C343E67 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:29:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oscars@mail.utexas.edu) Received: (qmail 9221 invoked by uid 0); 25 Jul 2002 19:29:18 -0000 Received: from chepe.cc.utexas.edu (HELO chepe.mail.utexas.edu) (128.83.135.25) by umbs-smtp-3 with SMTP; 25 Jul 2002 19:29:18 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020725142627.020cab38@mail.utexas.edu> X-Sender: oscars@mail.utexas.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:29:34 -0500 To: Brian McCann From: Oscar Ricardo Silva Subject: Re: NTPD Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <002601c23359$af1f3880$2e00a8c0@dogbert> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG How soon after you start ntpd do you try checking time? I've found that synchronization with the servers in ntp.conf takes quite a bit of time. Start up the daemon, leave it alone for at least 15 minutes (more is better) and then check time. In case it helps, here is my /etc/ntp.conf file: driftfile /etc/ntp.drift disable auth monitor server tick.uh.edu prefer server tick.greyware.com Oscar At 05:32 PM 7/24/2002 -0400, Brian McCann, you wrote: >Ok...I've tried reading the NTPD pages....but they are a bit cryptic for >me. I'm trying to set up an NTP server. I tried just running "ntpd -A", >and when I try to query it, my client returns "no server suitable for >sync. found". Is there a howto someplace on setting up a NTPD server? Or >could someone tell me how? > >Thanks, >--Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message