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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:14:49 -0400
From:      Jon Radel <jon@radel.com>
To:        Lisa Casey <lisa@jellico.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ntp problem
Message-ID:  <49ECAD89.5040302@radel.com>
In-Reply-To: <7AF4EC3FE1B54A2DB854159E1D6D6715@lisac>
References:  <7AF4EC3FE1B54A2DB854159E1D6D6715@lisac>

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Lisa Casey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 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?

I don't believe ntpdate uses ntp.conf.  Try ntpd -q

I don't have 5 running anywhere anymore, but if you read the man pages 
for 6.3, it's clear that ntpdate is depreciated and on its way out.

Or you could just run ntpd as a daemon to maintain your time.
-- 

--Jon Radel
jon@radel.com

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