Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:02:16 +0200 From: Frederique Rijsdijk <frederique@isafeelin.org> To: Lisa Casey <lisa@jellico.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntp problem Message-ID: <49ECAA98.7040107@isafeelin.org> In-Reply-To: <7AF4EC3FE1B54A2DB854159E1D6D6715@lisac> References: <7AF4EC3FE1B54A2DB854159E1D6D6715@lisac>
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Lisa Casey wrote: > 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? > > Give it some time (15-20 minutes or so). It will start to work like magic. -- Frederique
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